A fire late Wednesday night in Coon Rapids, has destroyed an historic building. According to reports, the blaze at the 1911 I.O.O.F (International Order of Odd Fellows) building was called-in at around 11:30-p.m. Crews from Coon Rapids, Dedham, Bayard and Carroll were on the scene early this morning, trying to keep the flames from spreading to the Post Office and Northeast side Recreation Parlor. The fire in the building located in the middle of downtown Coon Rapids, apparently started in the back part of the structure, upstairs.  A woman living in an upstairs apartment was able to safely evacuate the building.

The structure was one of four, two-story brick buildings constructed between 1906 and 1911, in downtown Coon Rapids.

(7-a.m. News)