- City:
- Hilo, HI
- Site Type:
- Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
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 the project was $71,919.
Construction on the station began in November 1938 and was completed September 1939.
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 220.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 29, 2014.
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