Washington Firehouse No. 5

Fire Station No. 5
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in 2008, currently used to house a legal firm.
Location:	7 North Lawrence Street Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates:	30°41′24.54″N 88°2′54.11″W / 30.69015, -88.0483639Coordinates: 30°41′24.54″N 88°2′54.11″W / 30.69015, -88.0483639
Built/Founded:	1851
Architectural style(s):	Greek Revival
Added to NRHP:	December 22, 1983^[1]
NRHP Reference#:	83003462^[1]
Governing body:	Private

Washington Firehouse 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]

[edit] See also

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-03-27).
^ "Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour". "Main Street Mobile". Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
^ 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 0817311343.
^ "Washington Fire Engine Company No. 5". "Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)". Retrieved on 2008-03-27.

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