Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station

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| image = Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.jpg

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| location = 427 1st St., SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|58|29.1|N|91|40|0.5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1918

| builder =

| architect = Charles A. Dieman

| architecture = Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival

| added = April 29, 2014

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| refnum = 14000175{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/14000175.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216062806/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/14000175.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2017|title=Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2017-07-19|author=}} 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. 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.thegazette.com/2013/10/07/new-central-fire-station-ready-to-serve|title=New Central Fire Station ready to serve|work=The Gazette|location=Cedar Rapids|date=October 7, 2013|accessdate=2017-07-19|author=Karen Klinkefus}} 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.

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