THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL – USHERS HOUSE

The Moorhead Legion Hall was built in 1936 as a WPA depression relief project. The WPA mandated that the project put as many people to work as possible and the cost of the materials be kept to a minimum. With that mandate in mind, architects George Carter and Allen Meinecke decided to teach workmen to cut fieldstone -- donated by area farmers -- into square building blocks for the exterior walls. The idea worked so well that the WPA hired Carter and Meinecke to design similar buildings all over the region. Today the Legion Hall is home to the Ushers House.