Engine House No. 8 (Baltimore, Maryland)

Engine House No. 8 was a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was a two-story masonry building with a cast-iron street front, erected in 1871 in the Italianate style. The front featured a simple cornice with a central iron element bearing the legend "No. 8". Engine Company No. 8 operated from this building until 1912. In 1928 it became the motorcycle shop of Louis M. Helm and the upper story functioned as a clubhouse for a series of boys’ clubs into the 1940s.[2]

Engine House No. 8
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First floor cast-iron components of the original Engine House No. 8, as displayed at the Fire Museum of Maryland
Location	1027 W. Mulberry St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates	39°17′36″N 76°38′9″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1871
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Cast Iron Architecture of Baltimore MPS
NRHP reference No.	94001577[1]
Added to NRHP	January 26, 1995

Engine House No. 8 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. About 2002, the property was sold and the building was torn down. However, the cast-iron facade was saved, and the first floor cast-iron components were installed at the Fire Museum of Maryland, where the fire house has been put back together.[1]

See also

• Fire departments in Maryland
• Engine House No. 6 (Baltimore, Maryland)
• Paca Street Firehouse
• Poppleton Fire Station

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Peter E. Kurtze (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Engine House No. 8" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.

External links

• Engine House #8, Baltimore City, including photo from 1990, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-354, "Engine Company Number 8 Firehouse, 323 Mulberry Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD", 2 data pages