This expensive equipment needed protection, so the trustees bought a small frame building to serve as Omro's first fire engine house.

[2] The building sits on a cut stone foundation, with walls of pink brick rising two stories to a hip roof, which is covered in the original standing seam metal.

Above the main block a large square tower rises another two stories,[3] incorporating a four-faced Seth Thomas clock and an open belfry.

The vertical emphasis, the asymmetrical massing, and the variety of surface textures are typical elements of Queen Anne architectural style.

[2] Inside, the garage doors led to an engine room on the first floor, where the fire department stored its equipment.