Pine St. and Flambeau Ave.

Summary

Old Fifield Town Hall
Southeast corner of Pine Street and Flambeau Avenue, Fifield, Price County
Builder: Theodore Ristin
Date of Construction: 1894

The Old Fifield Town Hall was the center of community life in the once booming logging region surrounding Fifield. The current Town Hall replaced an earlier building destroyed by the Fifield fire of 1893.

The building was the community's social and political focal point. All government services were carried out in the Town Hall. The first floor consisted of town offices, a two-cell jail, and a 'clerk's room.' This room contained a vault for town records. It also served as a courtroom, a marriage hall, a funeral hall, and often a temporary morgue until the county coroner arrived.

A staircase leads to the former 'opera house' on the second floor, a large room with an ample stage and scrolled stenciling on plaster walls. The room was used for church services, school sessions, graduations, local plays, masquerades, and fancy balls. A second story balcony also served as a podium for political speeches and announcements.

Once the scene of political rallies, elections, and attendant celebrations, it serves today as a local historical museum run by the Price County Historical Society. It is open during regular hours.

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