Menlo Park's Fire Station 6, which incorporates an innovative yet historically based design, has received a 2019 National Firehouse Fire Station Design Award sponsored by Firehouse magazine.
The station won a third-place award for facilities of less than 15,000 square feet in the competition. Fifty-four entries were submitted in eight categories by 44 architecture firms in the United States and Canada.
The new 8,335-square-foot station, at 700 Oak Grove Ave. in downtown Menlo Park, reopened in June 2018, replacing a 3,000-square-foot building dating from 1953, according to Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman.
The new station cost $11.54 million to build, including design fees, construction, project management fees and other costs, according to a district release.