Engine House No. 10
Engine House No. 10 is a historic firehouse located at 1341 Maryland Ave., NE., Washington, D.C., in the Stanton Park neighborhood, just north of Capitol Hill.
Engine House No. 10 | |
Location | 1341 Maryland Ave., NE., Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°53′54″N 76°59′13″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
Architect | Dessez, Leon |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
MPS | Firehouses in Washington DC MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 08001063[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 19, 2008 |
History
It was built in 1894–95. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The firehouse is one of eight designed by Leon Dessez in Washington.[2]
Engine Company 10 was formed on July 2, 1895 at this firehouse and was equipped with an 1884 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM steam fire engine and an 1895 McDermott Bros. hose reel carriage. In 1940 it moved to a firehouse on Florida Avenue.[3]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES, 2009 Archived March 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "DCFD Company History". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
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