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Lower Hutt Central Fire Station

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When the station first opened it included such features as a control room where the fire engines could be started and stopped remotely, and the appliance doors could open automatically. It was the first fire station in New Zealand to have the technology to record calls.
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Since then, the building has been unoccupied and suffered from vandalism. In 2010 the station was officially protected from demolition by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (since renamed to
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In the mid-2000s, the New Zealand Fire Service reviewed its coverage of Lower Hutt. On 15 January 2007, the station closed along with fire stations at
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The station was purchased by property developer Mike Friday in November 2015, who is planning to renovate the station into apartments.
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Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Wellington Region
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The fire station is strongly influenced by the work of architect
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Fire station
modernist
Lower Hutt
Coordinates
41°12′37″S 174°54′57″E / 41.21014°S 174.91583°E / -41.21014; 174.91583
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
fire station
Lower Hutt
southern hemisphere
Frank Lloyd Wright
state housing
Lower Hutt town hall
civic administration building
war memorial library
modernist
Petone
Point Howard
Alicetown
Avalon
Seaview
Stokes Valley
Wainuiomata
Eastbourne
Heritage New Zealand
"Lower Hutt Central Fire Station (Former)"


"Protection for historic fire station"

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