Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States.[1] The two-story brick Greek Revival building was built in 1851 at a cost of $5,500. It was constructed to house the privately run Washington Fire Company.[2] The building features a Doric distyle-in-antis arrangement at the street level supporting an upper story with jib windows opening onto a cantilevered iron balcony.[3] The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936[4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983.[1]
Fire Station No. 5 | |
 The building in 2008, currently used to house a legal firm. | |
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| Location | 7 North Lawrence Street Mobile, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 30°41′24.54″N 88°2′54.11″W / 30.6901500°N 88.0483639°W |
| Built | 1851 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003462[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1983[1] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour". Main Street Mobile. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
- ^ Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930, page 70. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.
- ^ "Washington Fire Engine Company No. 5". Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Retrieved March 27, 2008.
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