Paca Street Firehouse

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Paca Street Firehouse

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Paca Street Firehouse, August 2011
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Location 106 North Paca Street, Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′27″N76°36′44″W / 39.29083°N 76.61222°W / 39.29083; -76.61222 Coordinates: 39°17′27″N76°36′44″W / 39.29083°N 76.61222°W / 39.29083; -76.61222
Area less than one acre
Built 1909 (1909)
Architect Laferty, J. E.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 83003631 [1]
Added to NRHP October 28, 1983

Paca Street Firehouse, also known as Truck House No. 2, is a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The architect of Paca Street Firehouse is John E. Lafferty. It is a 1909 two-story brick structure with a highly detailed stone Renaissance Revival façade. The principal space is a large room subdivided at the Paca Street end into offices. It is one of three early 20th century firehouses standing and is the only one to retain its original features, particularly in the interior. [2]

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Paca Street Firehouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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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. ↑ Peter Kurtze, Gregory Johnson, Larry Hughes, and Timothy Bishop (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Paca Street Firehouse" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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