- City:
- Mason, TX
- Site Type:
- Firehouses, Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built a fire station in Mason, circa 1939.
Rubble Masonry Building with brick trim. One large three truck room. 1 equipment room. 1 shower room. 2 rest rooms. Upstairs 4 rooms, 1 rest room. Building has a reinforced concrete foundation and concrete floors.
This building is now Mason County Law Enforcement Center. It sits on the corner of the Mason County Courthouse lawn.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration digitized by the Historic Sites and Structures Program, Texas State Parks (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department):(https://www.flickr.com/photos/141324854@N04/albums/72157666820831125/with/25657046783/), accessed April 19, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on April 19, 2018.
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