Engine House No. 9 (Tacoma, Washington) Explained

Engine House No. 9
Location:611 N. Pine St., Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates:47.256°N -122.4733°W
Built:1907
Added:July 30, 1975
Refnum:75001866

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.

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."[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=75001866}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Engine House No. 9 ]. . David M. Hansen . 1975 . November 21, 2016 . with