- City:
- Winnemucca, NV
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Firehouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Volunteer Fire Department building in Winnemucca, Nevada, was constructed with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1938-39. The building, located on South Bridge St. in central Winnemucca, is still in use today.
The structure contains four bays for fire trucks and a residential space upstairs. The stucco facade is a good example of Art Deco style of the 1930s and has been well maintained.
The PWA contributed a grant covering roughly half the cost of the project.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 204.
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Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 3, 2014.
Site Details
Federal Cost | Total Cost | Site #s |
---|---|---|
$8,749 | $19,730 | PWA Docket No. NV 1057 |
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I lived in the top apartment with my family from 1955 til 1973. My father Richard Little was a first responder for the Winnemucca Volunteer Fire Department. Back then it was surrounded by houses and a very old and delapidated ”China Town”.