Florence Fire Station

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Florence Fire Station
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LocationMain St., Florence, Kentucky
Coordinates 39°00′03″N84°37′37″W / 39.00083°N 84.62694°W / 39.00083; -84.62694 (Florence Fire Station)
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
MPS Boone County MRA
NRHP reference No. 88003301 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 1989

The Florence Fire Station on Main Street in Florence, Kentucky was built in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

It was deemed "a good example of the Georgian Revival/Colonial Revival style, significant to Boone County in the period 1900-1945." It was the station of the Florence Volunteer Fire Department, organized in 1934. Among its initial efforts, Albert Hue, organizer, bought a 1913 Ahrens-Fox fire pumper for $75 and borrowed hose from the Elsmere Fire Department. [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. Kenneth T. Gibbs (September 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Florence Fire Station". National Park Service . Retrieved April 10, 2018. With three photos from 1986