Washington Firehouse No. 5

Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States.^[1] The two-story brick Greek Revival building was built in 1851 at a cost of $5,500. It was constructed to house the privately run Washington Fire Company.^[2] The building features a Doric distyle-in-antis arrangement at the street level supporting an upper story with jib windows opening onto a cantilevered iron balcony.^[3] The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936^[4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983.^[1]

Fire Station No. 5
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in 2008, currently used to house a legal firm.
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Location	7 North Lawrence Street Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates	30°41′24.54″N 88°2′54.11″W / 30.6901500°N 88.0483639°W / 30.6901500; -88.0483639
Built	1851
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	83003462^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1983^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. . Main Street Mobile. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
3. Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930, page 70. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.
4. "Washington Fire Engine Company No. 5". Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Retrieved March 27, 2008.