Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station

Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	427 1st St., SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates	41°58′29.1″N 91°40′0.5″W / 41.974750°N 91.666806°W / 41.974750; -91.666806Coordinates: 41°58′29.1″N 91°40′0.5″W / 41.974750°N 91.666806°W / 41.974750; -91.666806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1918
Architect	Charles A. Dieman
Architectural style	Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference #	14000175[1]
Added to NRHP	April 29, 2014

Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station, also known as Cedar Rapids Hose Company No. 1 and the Cedar Rapids Science Station, is a historic building located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. It served as the city's fire department headquarters and downtown fire station from 1918 to 1985.^[2] It replaced a frame structure in the northeast quadrant, and was part of a larger program of building new facilities for the local fire department. The building program was a response to a series of disastrous fires, changing technology, and the city's growth. This fire station served from the era of horse-drawn pumper wagons to the modern era of fire engines, pumpers, and hook and ladder trucks. The two-story, brick Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival structure was designed by local architect Charles A. Dieman. In the mid-20th century a two-story kitchen addition was built onto the back of the building.

After its use as a fire station the building was incorporated into a new science center in 2000. The interior of the building was damaged during flooding in 2008.^[2] When a new Central Fire Station was built in 2013 to replace the 1985 building that was destroyed in the same flood, it incorporated design elements from this building.^[3] The 1918 fire station was acquired by a downtown development corporation who plan to convert it into office space. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.^[1]

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