Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters

Coordinates: 41°12′52″N 103°06′14″W / 41.21444°N 103.10389°W / 41.21444; -103.10389 (Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters)
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Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters
2011 photo
Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters is located in Nebraska
Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters
Nearest citySidney, Nebraska
Coordinates41°12′52″N 103°06′14″W / 41.21444°N 103.10389°W / 41.21444; -103.10389 (Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters)
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1942
Built byCharles DeLeuw & Company
ArchitectUS Army Corps of Engineers
NRHP reference No.94001234[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 1994

The Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters, near Sidney, Nebraska, was built in 1942. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The listing included a contributing building and a contributing structure.[1]

It was part of a World War II-era munitions depot, which operated until 1967. The listing consists of the two-story headquarters building and "vintage cedar tree plantings". It is located at the junction of 1st Ave. and Military Rd.[2]

Concrete depot crane of the depot

In 1994 it was used as a volunteer fire station for the Western Nebraska Community College, as the Western Nebraska Community College Fire Station.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Robert Hurst (July 1, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters / Western Nebraska Community College Fire Station / NeHBS No. CN00-046.001". National Park Service. Retrieved October 9, 2018. With accompanying five photos