1. Historic American Buildings Survey District of Columbia Fire Department Photo EXTERIOR VIEW, PRIOR TO 1960 - Engine Company Number Twelve, Firehouse, 1626 North Capitol Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

ID: 2980 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

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This file appears in: Old Engine Company No. 12: Old Engine Company No. 12 remains a distinguishable landmark along North Capitol Street in Bloomingdale.

Old Engine Company No. 12: Old Engine Company No. 12 remains a distinguishable landmark along North Capitol Street in Bloomingdale.

By The DC Historic Sites team

When Old Engine Company No. 12 was under construction in 1896, both sides of North Capitol Street were in rapid development. By then, Washington, DC, had outgrown its original boundaries and…