Central Fire Station (Quincy, Massachusetts)

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Central Fire Station
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Location40 Quincy Ave., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′40″N70°59′57″W / 42.24444°N 70.99917°W / 42.24444; -70.99917
Built1938
ArchitectRobinson, George E.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001371 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989

The Central Fire Station is a historic fire station at 26 Quincy Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story brick Colonial Revival structure was built in 1938 to a design by local architect George Robinson (who also designed a number of Quincy's other period firehouses). The building is evocative of (if less ornate than) Philadelphia's Independence Hall, with paired side chimneys on its main block and on its three wings, and its cupola. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Central Fire Station". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-29.