Portsmouth Fire Department No. 1

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Portsmouth Fire Department No. 1
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Location642 Seventh St., Portsmouth, Ohio
Coordinates 38°44′08″N82°59′56″W / 38.73556°N 82.99889°W / 38.73556; -82.99889 (Portsmouth Fire Department No. 1) Coordinates: 38°44′08″N82°59′56″W / 38.73556°N 82.99889°W / 38.73556; -82.99889 (Portsmouth Fire Department No. 1)
Arealess than one acre
Built1895
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Boneyfiddle MRA
NRHP reference No. 87002091 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1987

Portsmouth Fire Department No. 1, at 642 Seventh St. in Portsmouth, Ohio, was built in 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

It is a two-and-a-half-story brick building, built on the site of Portsmouth's first fire station. It operated as a fire station until 1977. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 1245. ISBN   9781878592705 . Retrieved October 6, 2018.