{"nrhp_refnum":"100004753","name":"Central Fire Station","other_names":["New Braunfels Fire Museum","New Braunfels Fire Department Station 1"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"169 Hill Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Braunfels","county":"Comal County","state":"TX","lat":29.70080100000007,"lon":-98.12581099999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2019-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story buff brick and terra cotta fire station at 203 W. Foster in Pampa, Gray County, Texas, completed in July 1930 and designed by Amarillo architect William R. Kaufman.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it reflects the growth of city services in oil-boom Pampa and forms part of a planned civic center known as \"Million Dollar Row.\" It is also described as an excellent regional example of Beaux Arts civic architecture by Kaufman, with Georgian ornamentation.","narrative":"Central Fire Station, at 203 W. Foster in Pampa, Texas, is a two-story buff brick building with terra cotta trim, finished in July 1930. Amarillo architect William R. Kaufman designed it with Beaux Arts styling and modest Georgian ornamentation. Three arched garage bays face the street, and the upper floor holds offices, a kitchen and rooms for firefighters. Terra cotta urns top the parapet. It replaced earlier, smaller fire buildings on the site after oil discovered in 1926 swelled Pampa's population from about 910 residents in 1922 to roughly 10,000 by 1926. A 1929 bond election funded a new fire station, city hall, streets and parks. The station sits beside the county courthouse and city hall, also by Kaufman, in a group called Million Dollar Row. It was the city's only fire station until 1957 and still serves that purpose. Its listing rests on its role in the city's planned civic center and on its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1930 - 1949","architect_builder":"W.R. Kaufman & Son, architect; Panhandle Construction of Pampa, builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Beaux Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in service as a fire station and described as in very good to excellent condition with a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.7955-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/9721/40972157/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99001623.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100004753/731ff0c791-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100004753/731ff0c791-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Stations_New_and_Old_New_Braunfels_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Stations_New_and_Old_New_Braunfels_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/comal-county/central-fire-station-100004753/"}