Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters

Jct. of 1st Ave. and Military Rd., Western Nebraska Community College, Sidney, Nebraska. County/parish: Cheyenne.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 24, 1994. NRIS 94001234.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • NeHBS No. CN
  • Western Nebraska Community College Fire Station

From Wikipedia:

Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarters

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.

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73920234

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