Engine House No. 9 (Tacoma, Washington)

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]

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
Coordinates47.25595°N 122.47331°W / 47.25595; -122.47331
Built1907
NRHP reference No.75001866[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 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."[2]

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

References
  1. "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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