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Old Engine Company No. 12: Old Engine Company No. 12 remains a distinguishable landmark along North Capitol Street in Bloomingdale.
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…
Old Engine Company No. 10: Old Engine Company No. 10 anticipated the development of Stanton Park neighborhood at the turn of the century.
Erected in 1894, Old Engine Company No. 10 served the Stanton Park neighborhood, or the northern portion of Capitol Hill and the emerging suburban subdivisions of Trinidad and Ivy City. At that time,…
Old Engine Company No. 6: Old Engine Company No. 6 responded to some of DC's most historic fires and reflects the professionalization of DC firefighters thereafter.
Old Engine Company No. 6 served as the first firehouse of the Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company in Washington, DC. Built in 1862, the firehouse accommodated horses with heavy equipment. Old Engine…
Engine Company No. 29: Engine Company No. 29 was the city's first one-story firehouse with an all-motorized apparatus, making it both technologically advanced and an identifiable neighborhood landmark.
Engine Company No. 29, also known as the Palisades firehouse, was the city’s first one-story firehouse and one of two prototype Colonial Revival firehouses dating from 1925. In that year, the fire…
Engine Company No. 21: The Spanish Colonial Revival style of Engine Company No. 21 makes the firehouse a distinguishable neighborhood landmark in Lanier Heights.
Built in 1908 to accommodate both Engine Company No. 21 and Truck Company No. 9, the Lanier Heights Firehouse is still in operation to this day. Erected at the outskirts of the city in 1908, the…
Engine Company No. 20 (Tenleytown Firehouse): As its first major public structure, Engine Company No. 20 ushered in a new era of development for Tenleytown.
Engine Company No. 20 was the first major public structure built in Tenleytown in 1900. At the time, Tenleytown was at the edge of Washington, DC's development. Soon after, the nearby residential…
Engine Company No. 19: The French Revival style of Engine Company No. 19 makes the firehouse a distinguishable neighborhood landmark in Randle Heights.
In hopes of attracting buyers to his new neighborhood, developer Arthur E. Randle (1859-1929) donated the land upon which to build a firehouse after successfully lobbying Congress to appropriate the…
Engine Company No. 17: Engine Company No. 17 is an identifiable and distinctive landmark of Brookland, with its 60-foot tower to spot fires.
Originally built in 1901 to house Chemical Company No. 4, this firehouse served the Brookland community which lay outside the municipal water service, making the neighborhood inaccessible to fire…