Fire Station No. 5 | |
Location | 7 North Lawrence Street Mobile, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 30°41′24.54″N 88°2′54.11″W / 30.6901500°N 88.0483639°W |
Built | 1851 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 83003462 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1983 [1] |
Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3] The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936 [4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983. [1]