Old Engine Company No. 12, Street View

ID: 625 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Repository

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

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…