- City:
- Birmingham, AL
- Site Type:
- Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agency:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) built Fire Station No. 9 in Birmingham AL.
There is little information about the history of this station. From Google Street View, it appears to have a mid century style of architecture indicating that it might have been rebuilt. The station was designated as Class “A”—”Those needing general minor repairs, having sufficient sound value left in them to justify a thorough repairing, on which buildings was included painting inside and outside where needed, general carpentry repairs, including doors, windows and repairs to floors, or new floors; general repairs to masonry work and plaster or stucco, repairs to roof and sheet metal work, or new roof and sheet metal work installed. Plumbing, heating and wiring were put in good state of repair, and all minor changes such as moving partitions, or relocation of doors or windows were made.” 23 fire stations in Birmingham were included in this CWA project.
Source notes
Report on Civil Works Administration of Alabama Jefferson County Division.
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on April 24, 2022.
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JERRY FORTNER
How many vehicles did Norwood Fire Station operate and how many men?