It hosted horse-drawn fire equipment from 1908 until 1919 when the first motorized equipment was bought . When eventually a replacement station was being completed , the 1965 Puget Sound earthquake shook the building and it was abruptly abandoned . It was reopened in 1973 as a restaurant and bar and was " the city 's first historic building to be restored and put to a commercial use by private enterprise . " The building remains a neighborhood restaurant and also houses an award-winning microbrewery of the same name
1965 Puget Sound earthquake
1965 Puget Sound earthquake
Engine House No. 9