Engine House No. 9 (Tacoma, Washington)

Engine House No. 9
Engine House No. 9 (Tacoma, Washington) is located in Washington (state)
Engine House No. 9 (Tacoma, Washington)
Location611 N. Pine St., Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates47°15′21″N 122°28′24″W / 47.25595°N 122.47331°W / 47.25595; -122.47331
Built1907
NRHP reference No.75001866[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1975

Engine House No. 9 in Tacoma, Washington, is a fire station built in 1907. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

It hosted horse-drawn fire equipment from 1908 until the first motorized equipment was bought in 1919. When eventually a replacement station was being completed, the 1965 Puget Sound earthquake shook the building and it was abruptly abandoned. It was reopened in 1973 as a restaurant and bar and was "the city's first historic building to be restored and put to a commercial use by private enterprise."[2]

The building remains a neighborhood restaurant and also houses an award-winning microbrewery of the same name.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ David M. Hansen (1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Engine House No. 9". National Park Service. Retrieved November 21, 2016. with four photos from 1974-75


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