Poppleton Fire Station

Poppleton Fire Station
Poppleton Fire Station is located in Baltimore
Poppleton Fire Station
Poppleton Fire Station is located in Maryland
Poppleton Fire Station
Poppleton Fire Station is located in the United States
Poppleton Fire Station
Location756-760 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′20″N 76°37′44″W / 39.28889°N 76.62889°W / 39.28889; -76.62889
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1910
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.83002938[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

Poppleton Fire Station, also known as Engine House #38, is a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Tudor Revival style building built of brick, one large bay wide, approximately nine bays long, and two stories high with a gable roof. The front façade is a brick and limestone composition featuring a central, Tudor archway flanked by octagonal towers and crowned with crenellation. The archway features engaged colonettes with carved, foliated capitals containing firemen racing to extinguish a fire. It was designed by Owens and Sisco and built in 1910.[2]

Poppleton Fire Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Timothy L. Bishop (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Poppleton Fire Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved April 1, 2016.


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