Cambridge Street Firehouse

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Cambridge Street Firehouse
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Location534 Cambridge St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′38.8″N71°48′32.2″W / 42.244111°N 71.808944°W / 42.244111; -71.808944
Built1886
Architect Fuller & Delano
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No. 80000487 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

The Cambridge Street Firehouse is a historic fire station at 534 Cambridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The two story brick building was built in 1886 in a Queen Anne style, with some Romanesque details. It is nearly identical to Worcester's Woodland Street Firehouse; both were designed by Fuller & Delano and built the same year. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, [1] at which time it was still an active firehouse. [2] Engine 14 and Ladder 9 ran out of this station over the years. Engine 14 was eliminated in 1991, Ladder 9 in the 1960s.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Cambridge Street Firehouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-09.