Central Fire Station

The Central Fire Station in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine is locally significant under the National Register of Historic Places Criterion A, in the area of Politics/Government for its association with town’s provision of life safety services. For over one hundred years (1919-2022) the Central Fire Station was actively utilized as a firehouse for the Town of Brunswick. Construction of the station was consistent with a national trend in the early 20th century to consolidate small municipal fire stations into a larger well-equipped central station to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The building with its 1966 addition also mirrors a pattern of expansion/alteration of central fire stations to accommodate larger, heavier equipment, expanded services, and paid staff. Changes during this period are also significant for their response by town governments to changes in life safety needs. The Central Fire Station possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. The period of significance for the nomination runs from 1919, the year the building was constructed, to 1976, the National Register fifty-year cutoff date.