Wenatchee Fire Station No. 1

Wenatchee Fire Station #1
	Wenatchee Fire Station #1
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	136 S. Chelan Ave., Wenatchee, Washington
Coordinates	47°25′17″N120°18′44″W / 47.42139°N 120.31222°W Coordinates: 47°25′17″N120°18′44″W / 47.42139°N 120.31222°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1929
Built by	Colonial Construction Co.
Architect	Ludwig O. Solberg
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference #	04000953 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 10, 2004

Last updated September 13, 2019

The Wenatchee Fire Station No. 1, at 136 S. Chelan Ave. in Wenatchee, Washington, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as Wenatchee Fire Station #1.^[1]

Wenatchee is a city located in north-central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925. In 2019, the Office of Financial Management estimated the population at 34,500. Located at the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee rivers near the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range, Wenatchee lies on the western side of the Columbia River, across from the city of East Wenatchee. The Columbia River forms the boundary between Chelan and Douglas County. Wenatchee is the principal city of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Chelan and Douglas counties. However, the "Wenatchee Valley Area" generally refers to the land between Rocky Reach and Rock Island Dam on both banks of the Columbia, which includes East Wenatchee, Rock Island, and Malaga.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

It is significant as a work of architect Ludwig O. Solberg. It includes a five-story tower, which serves both as a hose tower and as a firefighting training tower.^[2]

Ludwig O. Solberg was an architect based in Wenatchee, Washington.

A hose tower is a building constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in the United States. The purpose of such towers was to hang and dry canvas hoses, slowing the deterioration caused if the hoses were not hung. Fire stations can also have towers for other purposes: a clock tower or bell tower or drill tower for firemen to practice.

According to its NRHP nomination, "The building's symmetry and classical detailing play heavily upon the Beaux Arts styling, while the hose tower/practice tower owes it design influence to a Gothic church steeple."^[2]

Gothic Revival architecture Architectural movement

Gothic Revival is an architectural movement popular in the Western world that began in the late 1740s in England. Its momentum grew in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic style, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, hood moulds and label stops.

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References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2013-11-02.
1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wenatchee Fire Station #1". National Park Service . Retrieved October 19, 2018. Includes historic photos and plans, and list of works and photo of Ludwig O. Solberg. With accompanying 15 photos from c.1929 and 2004

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2013-11-02.

[nrhpdoc-2] 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wenatchee Fire Station #1". National Park Service . Retrieved October 19, 2018. Includes historic photos and plans, and list of works and photo of Ludwig O. Solberg. With accompanying 15 photos from c.1929 and 2004

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