Engine 55 Truck 23
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 39° 16.674 W 076° 38.226
18S E 358792 N 4348893
Engine 55 Truck 23 Firehouse was built in 1923. It is included in the Pigtown Historic District, Baltimore MD
Waymark Code: WM14D4H
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2021
Views: 1
TEXT from the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form page 33, Block 777 and Photo 34.
"A firehouse built in 1923 occupies the northwest corner of Bush and Carroll Streets. It is a two-story structure built in a kind of classical revival style with Art Deco-influenced decorative motifs. The building has a tiled, low-pitched gable roof with parapets on either side. Two plain end bays, marked with simple stone bands near the top, extend to the roofline and frame a decorative central portion where the fire-truck entrance doors are located. The entire central portion has much decorative stonework. At the entry level, between the wide openings with their stone lintels, there is a commemorative plaque honoring Mayor Broening, the architect, William F. Stone, Jr., and builder, and the leading members of the Baltimore Fire Department. The actual garage doors are recessed behind the façade. The upper level of the façade is marked by a band of windows. Beneath, stone panels and cartouches lend a neo-classical feel to the building, but above the windows, the decorative stonework consists of a row of Art Deco-style grooves and stylized cartouches."
Paid or Volunteer: Paid
EMS Involvement: yes
Has 911 Dispatch: yes
Has Emergency Call Box: yes
Has Emergency Siren: yes
Number of Firetrucks: 2
Physical Address: 1229 Bush Street Baltimore , MD United States 21230
Rating:
Has Fire Pole: Not Listed
Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed
Related Website: Not listed
Number of Emergency Staff: Not Listed
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