Los Alamos in Los Alamos County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Fire Cache

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2025

1. Fire Cache Marker

Inscription. In the 1920s, Los Alamos Ranch School Director A. J. Connell hired local homesteader Severo Gonzales Sr. to build this stone firehouse. It housed a cart with a water tank, pump, and hose for extinguishing fires that were a danger due to droughts and the use of wood burning stoves. It is made of stone from the nearby Ancestral Pueblo Site. (Marker Number 4.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 35° 52.966′ N, 106° 18.087′ W. Marker is in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in Los Alamos County. It is at the intersection of Juniper Street and 19th Street on Juniper Street. The marker is located at the front of the Fire Cache stone building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1954 Juniper St, Los Alamos NM 87544, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern New Mexico.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Five Eras of History (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Romero Cabin (here, next to this marker); Ancestral Pueblo Site (a few steps from this marker); The Big House (within shouting distance of this marker); Los Alamos Ranch School Dormitory (within shouting distance of this marker); Bathtub Row (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial Rose Garden

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Hitching Rail (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Alamos.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Romero Cabin (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau, 1887-1942 (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); Harold H. Brook (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); Albert J. Connell (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); Martha Brook (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); William Mackwood Hopper (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

Fire Cache building and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2025

2. Fire Cache building and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.