Central Fire Station (Pampa, Texas)

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Central Fire Station
Location203 W. Foster,
Pampa, Texas
Coordinates 35°32′6″N100°57′44″W / 35.53500°N 100.96222°W / 35.53500; -100.96222 (Central Fire Station) Coordinates: 35°32′6″N100°57′44″W / 35.53500°N 100.96222°W / 35.53500; -100.96222 (Central Fire Station)
Arealess than one acre
Built1930 (1930)
Built byPanhandle Construction
Architect W.R. Kaufman & Son
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference # 99001623 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1999

The Central Fire Station at 203 W. Foster in Pampa, Texas was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]

Pampa, Texas City in Texas, United States

Pampa is a city in Gray County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,994 as of the 2010 census. Pampa is the county seat of Gray County and is the principal city of the Pampa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes both Gray and Roberts counties.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

It was designed in Beaux Arts style by architect W.R. Kaufman & Son; it was built by Panhandle Construction of Pampa. [2]

Beaux-Arts architecture Expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style

Beaux-Artsarchitecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Gothic and Renaissance elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass. It was an important style in France until the end of the 19th century. It also had a strong influence on architecture in the United States, because of the many prominent American architects who studied at the Beaux-Arts, including Henry Hobson Richardson, John Galen Howard, Daniel Burnham, and Louis Sullivan.

W.R. Kaufman & Son was an architectural firm in Texas.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Gray County, Texas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gray County, Texas.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2013-11-02.
  2. Darlene Birkes (October 15, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Central Fire Station" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved November 9, 2018.