The city-owned Veterans Memorial Building was built in 1950, and included a tower where, for 25 cents, people could ride an elevator to the observation deck to look down on MGM’s back lot. The venture soon closed, and the tower contains communication equipment now, as there is limited desire to peer down on the roof of the senior citizens center. The Veterans building site is home to the city’s historical society (open by appointment), an auditorium, the city swimming pool, the national guard, and an emergency siren.