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Engine House No. 10 (Washington, D.C.)
Engine House No. 10 is a historic firehouse located at 1341 Maryland Ave., NE., Washington, D.C., in the Stanton Park neighborhood, just north of Capitol Hill.
Engine House No. 10 | |
Engine House No. 10 (2011) | |
| Location | 1341 Maryland Ave., NE., Washington, D.C. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°53′54″N 76°59′13″W / 38.89833°N 76.98694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | Leon E. Dessez |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Firehouses in Washington DC MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 08001063[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 2008 |
History edit
It was built in 1894–95. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The firehouse is one of eight designed by Leon E. 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]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#08001063)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites, 2009 March 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-22.