Fire Station No. 2 (Topeka, Kansas)

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Fire Station No. 2-Topeka
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Location719-723 Van Buren, Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates 39°03′07″N95°40′35″W / 39.05194°N 95.67639°W / 39.05194; -95.67639 (Fire Station No. 2--Topeka) Coordinates: 39°03′07″N95°40′35″W / 39.05194°N 95.67639°W / 39.05194; -95.67639 (Fire Station No. 2--Topeka)
Arealess than one acre
Built1927
Architect Thomas Wilson Williamson
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No. 02000715 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 3, 2002

The Fire Station No. 2 in Topeka, Kansas, at 719-723 Van Buren, is a fire station which was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Fire Station No. 2-Topeka. [1]

It was designed by architect Thomas Wilson Williamson in 1927 to serve as Topeka's Fire Department Headquarters and as fire station for Company No. 2. It is a two-and-a-half-story building with elements of Mediterranean Revival style (within broader Spanish Colonial Revival style) including its wrought iron balcony railings and its Spanish tile roof. Its modern features included a 60 feet (18 m) high fire drill tower, which was removed in 1967, and a fire alarm center. [2]

It was remodeled in 1979 to serve as the Topeka Emergency Communication Center (TECOM), Topeka's then-new combined fire and police dispatch and 911 center. [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. 1 2 Brenda R. Spencer (February 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fire Station No. 2". National Park Service . Retrieved October 17, 2018. With accompanying 24 photos from 2002 and one from 1960s