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This small, one-story station had a square tower that jutting from the rear. Both the station and the tower had flat roofs. Roman brick, a favorite among Seattle builders in the late-1940s-1950s, clad the sides of the firehouse.

Demolished; due to the cost of seismic upgrading, the first building housing Fire Station #39 was set to be torn down c. 2008. (PCAD erroneously indicated that the Fire Station had been torn down. Thank you to Kerwin Armstrong for pointing out this error on 11/28/2011.) A new building was to be built during 2009-2010, but this did not occur, probably due to the economic downturn beginning in 2008. Fire Station #39 operated as a firehouse until 04/21/2010. It served as a homeless shelter for part of 2011, one of a series of tent-cities known locally as "Nickelsvilles," (named for Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels), the latter-day equivalents of the Depression era's "Hoovervilles"

PCAD id: 15884