Hose House No. 12

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Hose House No. 12

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Hose House No. 12, September 2011
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Location 1409 First Ave., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates 37°59′28″N87°34′27″W / 37.99111°N 87.57417°W / 37.99111; -87.57417 Coordinates: 37°59′28″N87°34′27″W / 37.99111°N 87.57417°W / 37.99111; -87.57417
Area less than one acre
Built 1908 (1908)
Architect Scarborough & Davies; Harris & Shopbell
NRHP reference # 82000100 [1]
Added to NRHP June 17, 1982

Hose House No. 12, also known as Bassemier's Gas Grills, Inc., is a historic fire station located at Evansville, Indiana. It was designed by the architecture firm Harris & Shopbell and built in 1908. It is a two-story, rectangular red brick building with an arched entranceway. It features a campanile style tower with a saddleback roof that one housed the station's bells. [2] :2, 3

Fire station structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus

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Evansville, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

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Shopbell & Company American architecture firm

Shopbell & Company was an American architectural firm located in Evansville, Indiana in the United States.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01.Note: This includes Patricia K. Sides (March 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hose House No. 12" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.