It has been described as Minnesota's most creative WPA construction project and a symbol of its dual success in generating jobs and public buildings.

[2] It was designed by Minneapolis architect F. Boes Pfeifer to serve as a combination gymnasium/auditorium, fire hall, and village office.

[5] The building features several WPA Federal Art Projects including a cast concrete relief sculpture of a male athlete and a musician flanking a stylized tree watching guard over the main entrance and two large wooden relief carvings frame the auditorium stage by artist Joseph Bergman.

Artist Elsa Laubach Jemne created a large mural painting originally for the city council room.

Elsa was commissioned to do several new deal mural projects around Minnesota and three of her works are in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.