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New Deal Category: Firehouses

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Atlantic Hose House (abandoned) – Augusta ME

According to the auditors report in the 1934 town report, the CWA was involved in reconstruction of the fire station known as the Atlantic Hose House. According to a 2016 city report, the building is currently in a severe case… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Auburn City Hall and Firehouse (former) – Auburn CA

Old Auburn City Hall and Firehouse

This art deco style WPA building is no longer used for official business. Now the fire station side holds the Boys and Girls Club, while the other side is used by small businesses.

Project type: Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Auburndale Fire Station (former) Repairs – Newton MA

The W.P.A. conducted repair and improvement work on numerous civic facilities in Newton, Massachusetts, including at the since-demolished Auburndale fire station.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Back Bay Fire Co. No. 4 Station – Biloxi MS

Works Progress Administration (WPA) project No. 3544 started 10/05/1935 included 3 additional fire stations. WPA funding supplied $13,495.01 and the sponsor $9,513.78 for payroll, materials, and equipment. Ground was broken for the new Back Bay fire station on the north… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Bakersfield Central Fire Station #1 – Bakersfield CA

Bakersfield Central Fire Station

This fire station was constructed by the PWA in 1939 and remains in use today.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Balboa Park: Fire Station – San Diego CA

SERA crews built this small fire station in Balboa Park in conjunction with the California Pacific International Exhibition – the first structure built. It is unclear if it survives, and if so where it is located.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety, Parks and recreation
New Deal Agencies: State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA)

Belmont Fire House (former) – Belmont CA

Construction on Belmont’s central fire station was begun in 1935 by SERA and completed under the direction of the WPA using local labor. The station hired its first two employees in 1938. Presently, the building houses Belmont’s Center for Independence… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Bluxome Street Fire House – San Francisco CA

This is now San Francisco Fire Station No. 8

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Boyes Springs-Sonoma County Fire Station – Sonoma CA

Boyes Springs Fire Station

Built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this Mission Revival-style fire station was built in 1936. The building has been substantially altered since its original construction.

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Cal Fire Station #12 – San Luis Obispo CA

In 1937, the California Department of Natural Resources sponsored the Works Progress Administration to “Construct warehouse, garage, barracks, and residence; install refrigeration plant, water mains, and sewer facilities; landscape and improve grounds; and perform other appurtenant and incidental work, at… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Carmel Firehouse – Carmel CA

The Works Progress Administration built the Carmel Firehouse in 1936-1937. The stone-faced firehouse facade included muti-hued flat stones with 4 bays for firetrucks in the original building with a fifth truck bay added later. The second floor was accessed on… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Central Fire Station – Ada OK

The Central Fire Station in Ada, Oklahoma, was constructed by the Public Works Administration (PWA), under the supervision of architect Robert F. Ferguson, consulting engineer George Taylor, and contractor Arney Harbert. It is a two-story stone block building with four… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Central Fire Station – Austin TX

Austin Central Fire Station

"This building is part of a project which also included the addition of two new wings of approximately 16,500 square feet to the existing city hall, its renovation, the wrecking of an old fire station, and the construction of concrete… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Central Fire Station – Biloxi MS

Works Progress Administration (WPA) project No. 3544 started 10/05/1935 included 3 additional fire stations. WPA funding supplied $13,495.01 and the sponsor $9,513.78 for payroll, materials, and equipment. Hook & Ladder, adjacent to L & N Depot, on Main Street. The… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Central Fire Station – Greenwich CT

Greenwich’s Central Fire Station was constructed in 1937-9 as a New Deal project. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $119,250 grant for the project, whose total cost was $326,788. PWA Docket No. CT [W]1274. CTHistory: “In February 1936 the Board of… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Central Fire Station – Hilo HI

Hilo, Hawaii’s Central Fire Station was constructed during the late 1930s with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA contributed nearly half the project cost by way of a grant of $35,100; the final cost of… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Central Fire Station – Honolulu HI

The Central Fire Station at 104 Beretania Street, in Honolulu, Hawaii. This firehouse was built with the assistance of funds from the New Deal’s Public Works Administration (PWA), 1934-1935. P.W.A. Docket No. T. H. 2633-7

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Central Fire Station (former) – Saco ME

Sometimes mis-attributed to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the historic former Central Fire Station in Saco, Maine was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. contributed a $27,000 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $60,928…. read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Chestertown Town Hall (formerly Fire House) – Chestertown MD

According to a wayside marker at the current Chestertown Firehouse (see photo and source note 1 below), the Chestertown Town Hall, at 118 N. Cross Street, was Chestertown’s firehouse for forty years (1938-1978). The old Chestertown Firehouse was one of… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Chestnut Hill Fire Station (former) Repairs – Newton MA

The W.P.A. conducted repair and improvement work on numerous civic facilities in Newton, Massachusetts, including at the former Chestnut Hill fire station.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Fire Station Renovation – Parkersburg WV

The Works Progress Administration completed repairs and renovations for the City Fire Station, Parkersburg. The exact location of these facilities is unknown to the Living New Deal.

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Hall – Alpine UT

The historic Alpine City Hall was constructed in 1936 as a New Deal project with Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. It included meeting rooms, an assembly room, public library, jail and fire station. The architecture is a melange of New… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Libraries
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Hall – Sebastopol CA

In 1935, the WPA demolished Sebastopol’s original wood-frame city hall and replaced it with a reinforced concrete building containing both municipal offices and a fire station. The Santa Rosa architectural firm, William F. Herbert and Clarence A. Caulkins designed the… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Hall & Fire Station – Kearney NE

Kearney made an application for funding for a city hall in 1935, however the bond issue failed and the Public Works Administration (PWA) money was never allocated at that time. In 1938, Kearney was given a grant from the PWA… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

City Hall and Fire Station – Cloverdale CA

Construction of Cloverdale’s joint city hall and fire station began under California’s State Emergency Relief Administration; it was completed with federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor.

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Hall and Fire Station – Mineola TX

In 1902 Mineola’s city hall burned. For over 20 year they operated out of rental property. In 1929 the city bought this property and in 1929 the city started to build a combination fire house/city hall. The fire house was… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Hall and Fire Station (former) – Mount Vernon TX

WPA funds in the amount of $4,711 were appropriated for the construction of the City Hall in 1940.  The cost of the building was estimated at $8,100.  The building is two stories, of natural stone, and contains a garage for… read more

Project type: City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City Island Firehouse – Bronx NY

The building housing FDNY Engine 70, Ladder 53 on City Island was constructed in 1939 by the Work Projects Administration. This firehouse has a plaque confirming its New Deal origin. This is one of the few New Deal plaques in… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

City of Charleston Fire Station No. 2 – Charleston WV

One of several fire stations built in the New Deal in Charleston West Virginia. This station was listed on as contributing on the Elk City Historic District (08000392). The building is no longer used for a fire station but remains… read more

Project type: Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

City of Charleston Fire Station No. 6 – Charleston WV

One of several fire stations built in the City of Charleston under the New Deal.

Project type: Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Cochituate Fire Station (former) Improvements – Wayland MA

The W.P.A. conducted improvement work to the former Cochituate fire station. Work included interior and exterior repainting.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Colden Fire Hall (former) – Colden NY

This brick fire hall was constructed as Colden’s Fire Station #1 by the WPA: “In the 1930’s plans were drawn for a new Station #1 to be located across the street from the hall of the time next to Cazenovia… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Colonel DeWitt Fire Station (former) Improvements – Oxford MA

Oxford, Massachusetts’s old Colonel DeWitt Fire Station, located on Barton Street, received modest assistance from Federal Emergency Relief Administration funds in 1934. The current status of the building is unknown to Living New Deal.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Colton Fire Station – Colton CA

Colton Fire Station and Archive Description

"Station 211, located at 303 East "E" St, was constructed in 1936 by the City of Colton and the Works Progress Administration. It is considered a historical landmark by the Historical Preservation Commission, and is Landmark No. 10. Station 211… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Coral Gables Museum – Coral Gables FL

Originally the local police and fire station. “The Coral Gables Public Safety Building, more commonly referred to as the Old Police and Fire Station, was built in 1939 on the corner of Argon Avenue and Salzedo Street. Phineas Paist, the… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Education and Health, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety, Museums
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Delano Firehouse – Delano CA

Delano received a WPA firehouse at Jefferson and 12th Avenue. A total of $600,000 in federal funds was spent on fire stations at Delano, Fellows, Woody, Maricopa and East Bakersfield.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Des Moines Fire Department – Des Moines IA

Des Moines, Iowa Fire Department

"This is a modern fire station which includes not only all the necessary facilities for the fighting but also provisions for training, recreation, housing of personnel, and maintenance of all equipment. The building is located in the business district of… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

East Bakersfield Firehouse No. 2 – Bakersfield CA

East Bakersfield Firehouse No. 2

This compact, red-roofed station was built with $30,000 in federal funds.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Fellows Fire Building – CA

Bakersfield Californian, 1940 Article on Fellows Fire Station

Adobe fire building on Broadway across from Fellows Park at the west end of Fellows, CA. The structure was constructed with WPA labor at a cost of $9800. Not known whether building is still extant.

Project type: Civic Facilities, Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Fieldston Fire Station – Bronx NY

The Works Progress Administration constructed the firehouse on the Henry Hudson Parkway East in the Fieldston section of the Bronx. Frank da Cruz with the Kermit Project describes the history of the firehouse thus: “The Engine 52 / Hook & Ladder 52… read more

Project type: Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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