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Fireboat Station

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The station was deemed "significant for its association with the development of Tacoma's port/industrial district and the growth of the city's vital municipal services. The station is also an important local example of innovations in fire station design that followed the motorization of firefighting
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It was the city's smallest fire station, and a picturesque one. It was designed by architect Morton J. Nicholson, and is
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Built in 1928 as part of a bond-funded project that built three other stations, as well as the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fireboat Station is located in Washington (state)
Tacoma, Washington
47°15′16″N 122°25′51″W / 47.25444°N 122.43083°W / 47.25444; -122.43083 (Fireboat Station)
Bungalow
American craftsman
MPS
Historic Fire Stations of Tacoma, Washington TR
86000978
Tacoma, Washington
National Register of Historic Places
fireboats
Craftsman
Fire Alarm Station
With prominent hose tower
hose tower
Fireboat No. 1, built in 1929, retired from active duty in 1985
Fireboat No. 1
Lambeth Fire Station
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"State of Washington Historic Property Inventory: Fireboat Station / Fire Station No. 18"
National Park Service
accompanying photo from 1986
"Tacoma Historic Property Inventory"
the original

Fireboat Station, Tacoma, Washington

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