Poppleton Fire Station
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Poppleton Fire Station | |
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| Location | 756-760 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′20″N 76°37′44″W / 39.28889°N 76.62889°WCoordinates: 39°17′20″N 76°37′44″W / 39.28889°N 76.62889°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 83002938[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
Poppleton Fire Station, also known as Engine House #38, is a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Tudor Revival style building built of brick, one large bay wide, approximately nine bays long, and two stories high with a gable roof. The front façade is a brick and limestone composition featuring a central, Tudor archway flanked by octagonal towers and crowned with crenellation. The archway features engaged colonettes with carved, foliated capitals containing firemen racing to extinguish a fire. It was designed by Owens and Sisco and built in 1910.[2]
Poppleton Fire Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
See also
- Fire departments in Maryland
- Engine House No. 6 (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Engine House No. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Paca Street Firehouse
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". Poppleton Fire Station, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21.
External links
- Poppleton Fire Station, Baltimore City, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
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