National and State Registers of Historic Places

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County: Shawnee
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Fire Station No. 1

934 NE Quincy St.
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2020-12-28

Architect: Cuthbert & Suehrk
Category: fire station

Fire Station No. 1 is an example of an eclectic, mid-20th century fire station and Italianate Revival influences. Designed by the renowned Kansas architectural firm Cuthbert & Suerhk, Station No. 1 embodies the mid-20th-Century functionality required by professional firehouses in materials and construction techniques, while incorporating Italianate influences in its appearance and choice of exterior materials. Unlike the other fire stations in Topeka constructed at this time, this Station did not utlize New-Deal era funding options of the Great Depression. Use of the New Deal programs like WPA & PWA for infrastructure projects required the use of skilled labor, which requisitely required the payment of higher wages for those workers. Coinciding with the year of construction (1940) was the beginning of WWII, which reduced the availability of skilled labor throughout the country. For this reason, the City of Topeka chose to utilize all available local resources, particularly the bond passed by voters in 1926, to engage in the construction of Fire Station No. 1, excluding the use of the New Deal-era programs.

Fire Station No. 2

719-723 Van Buren
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2002-07-03

Architect: Thomas Williamson
Category: fire station

Fire Station No. 4

813 SW Clay St
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2019-09-30

Architect: Squires & Ross
Category: fire station

The Station is an example of an early-20th-century fire station in the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture; it embodies the functionality required by professional firehouses and was designed by the renowned Kansas architect, Frank C. Squires. Topeka. Firehouse No. 4 originally went into service in 1887. In 1892, the City invested in a wood-frame fire station on the same site that housed 2 horses and pump wagon. During the 1920s, Topeka’s pace of growth had accelerated. In response to this growth, the citizens of Topeka voted in 1926 to authorize a bond of $250,000, specifically to be used for the enhancement and expansion of fire protection services throughout the City. The passage of this bond would result in the construction of 6 new fire stations, including the reconstruction of Fire Station No. 4.

National Register Nomination

Fire Station No. 6

1419 NE Seward Avenue
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2020-10-05

Architect: Cuthbert & Suehrk
Category: fire station

Fire Station No. 6 was Designed by W. E. Glover of the Topeka architectural firm of Cuthbert and Suehrk in 1935. This 1 ½ story structure was designed to serve the single function of a single-engine fire station. This station was constructed to replace the original Fire Station No. 6 (1910-1935) which was located on the same site. While this station was being built, firemen from this station answered alarms from the Santa Fe fire station, located within the Santa Fe Railroad railyard five blocks to the west.

Fire Station No. 7

1215 SW Oakley Avenue
Topeka (Shawnee County)
Listed in National Register 2020-06-01

Architect: Cuthbert & Suehrk
Category: fire station

The Station is an example of a mid-20th-century fire station in the Spanish Revival style of architecture. Designed by the renowned Kansas architect W. B. Glover of the architectural firm Cuthbert & Suerhk, Station No. 7 embodies the functionality of the early-to-mid-20th-Century bungalow fire station, while incorporating Spanish Revival influences in its appearance and choice of exterior materials. This station was constructed in 1935 through the Works Progress Administration program of the Great Depression era. The surrounding land was annexed into the City of Topeka the previous decade, enabling a westward expansion of the population within Topeka’s city limits. This station was partially enabled through a public bond approved by voters in 1926, specifically intended to provide fire services to these newly annexed areas.