Fire Alarm Headquarters

ID: 1020 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Repository

This file appears in: Fire Alarm Headquarters: The Fire Alarm Headquarters once served as the hub of DC’s extensive, citywide fire alarm call box system.

This file appears in: Fire Alarm Headquarters: The Fire Alarm Headquarters once served as the hub of DC’s extensive, citywide fire alarm call box system.

Fire Alarm Headquarters: The Fire Alarm Headquarters once served as the hub of DC’s extensive, citywide fire alarm call box system.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Washington, DC's fire alarm call box system started in the mid-nineteenth century with 25 boxes installed on main streets throughout the city. By the time the headquarters was built in 1939, there…