New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain
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June 6, 1939 - Firestation Construction at Elysian Fields and Pelopidas


Fire Station #1 (Elysian Fields and Pelopidas St.) under construction by WPA
workers. The station will be of Spanish bungalow architecture and of stucco
construction. Plans call for a large apparatus room, dormitories, shower rooms,
dining & kitchen rooms, and captain's quarters. Sources: href="http://nutrias.org/photos/wpa/wpa11.htm">http://nutrias.org/photos/wpa/wpa11.htm