Fireboat Station

Fireboat Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	302 E. Eleventh St., Tacoma, Washington
Coordinates	47°15′16″N 122°25′51″W / 47.25444°N 122.43083°W / 47.25444; -122.43083 (Fireboat Station)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928
Architect	Morton J. Morton
Architectural style	Bungalow/American craftsman
MPS	Historic Fire Stations of Tacoma, Washington TR
NRHP reference No.	86000978[1]
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1986

The Fireboat Station in Tacoma, Washington, built in 1928, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It was the base for three fireboats.

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 equipment."

It was the city's smallest fire station, and a picturesque one. It was designed by architect Morton J. Nicholson, and is Craftsman in style.^[2]

Built in 1928 as part of a bond-funded project that built three other stations, as well as the Fire Alarm Station. While fireboats were still housed there in 2008, the station itself was no longer staffed.^[3]

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  With prominent hose tower
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  Fireboat No. 1, built in 1929, retired from active duty in 1985

• Lambeth Fire Station, London, England, with its River station for fireboats

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