Washington Firehouse No. 5
Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The two-story brick Greek Revival building was built in 1851 at a cost of $5,500. It was constructed to house the privately run Washington Fire Company. The building features a Doric distyle-in-antis arrangement at the street level supporting an upper story with jib windows opening onto a cantilevered iron balcony. The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour". Main Street Mobile. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
- ^ Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930, page 70. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.
- ^ "Washington Fire Engine Company No. 5". Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Retrieved March 27, 2008.