Fire Station No. 2 (former) - Fairhaven MA The former East Fairhaven fire sub-station was constructed with Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor in 1937.
W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: "Down in the lovely little town of Fairhaven, across the harbor from New Bedford, WPA has built a new sub-fire-station at the junction of Aiken and Washington streets, adding fire protection to the town and helping reduce fire insurance rates.
Fire protection is extremely important in Fairhaven. For some of its fine old mansions were built by whaling skippers and could not be replaced, once destroyed. The fire station project was begun last July, completed Oct. 25."
Much of Washington Street in Fairhaven has...