Engine House No. 10 (Washington, D.C.)

Engine House No. 10
Location: 1341 Maryland Ave., NE., Washington, D.C.
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1894
Architectural style: Queen Anne
Governing body: Local
MPS: Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
NRHP Reference#: 08001063[1]
Added to NRHP: November 19, 2008

Engine House No. 10 is a historic firehouse located at 1341 Maryland Ave., NE., Washington, D.C. which was built in 1894-95 in the Stanton Park neighborhood, just north of Capitol Hill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

The firehouse is one of eight designed by Leon Dessez in Washington.[2]

Engine Company 10 was formed on July 2, 1895 at this firehouse and was equipped with an 1884 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM steam fire engine and an 1895 McDermott Bros. hose reel carriage. In 1940 it moved to a firehouse on Florida Avenue.[3]

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