Poppleton Fire Station

Poppleton Fire Station
Location 756-760 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′20″N 76°37′44″W / 39.28889°N 76.62889°W / 39.28889; -76.62889Coordinates: 39°17′20″N 76°37′44″W / 39.28889°N 76.62889°W / 39.28889; -76.62889
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1910
Architectural style Tudor Revival
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". Poppleton Fire Station, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21.

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