MASON CITY – A historic building in Mason City suffered damage Tuesday evening when a wall apparently partially collapsed.
Mason City police and other emergency responders were called to the historic warehouse, located at 503 S. Federal Avenue. Police reported, “We’ve had a partial building collapse at 6th St., Southwest and S. Federal Ave. Roads are blocked off in the area. Please use other routes instead of Federal and Highway 122.”
Police and fire trucks were on the scene as in the alley, bricks from the top of the building’s east side had fallen to the ground.
The large building has been well-kept for years by its owner and has been listed for sale. Several townsfolk expressed hope that the building was “OK” and would be repaired.
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Those decorative roof toppers always look dumb to me. Just take them all off.
They did a lot of work upgrading this building a few years back. I hope they can save it as it is part of our history.
I agree, the building is really cool and historic to Mason City, one of the few left in town.
Tear it down, put a Kwikstar there.
Kind of like Mohawk Square, soon to be a parking lot.
Same with the old Park 70 theatre, which was owned by the same guy and became a deserted derelict downtown embarrassment. The roof finally caved in, and the city council had to hold an emergency meeting to fund tearing it down the rest of the way.