Vigilant Fire House, Exterior

ID: 936 ~ Source: DC Preservation League Photo Repository

This file appears in: Vigilant Fire House: Built in 1844, Vigilant Fire House is the oldest standing firehouse in DC.

This file appears in: Vigilant Fire House: Built in 1844, Vigilant Fire House is the oldest standing firehouse in DC.

Vigilant Fire House: Built in 1844, Vigilant Fire House is the oldest standing firehouse in DC.

By The DC Historic Sites team

While the Vigilant Fire House was built in 1844, the "Vigilant" was the first, private fire company founded in Georgetown in 1817. At that time, membership to a fire company was a minor social…