Saco Central Fire Station, Saco, 1938-1963

The Saco Central Fire Station, built with federal Public Works Administration funding in 1938, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its local significance in the development of the city and its association with politics and government. It represents efforts by the local city government to provide modern and efficient fire protection services to its community, as required under the city charter and ordinances. Construction of the station was accomplished with assistance from one of the several innovative federal work relief programs developed in the 1930s by the Roosevelt Administration in response to massive unemployment during the Great Depression.