Truck Company F | |
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| Location | 1336-1338 Park Rd. NW, Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′49″N77°01′54″W / 38.93028°N 77.03167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Leon E. Dessez |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| MPS | Firehouses in Washington DC MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000539 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 6, 2007 |
Truck Company F, at 1336-1338 Park Rd. NW in Washington, D.C., was built in 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The listing included two contributing buildings. [1]
It was designed by architect Leon E. Dessez in the Renaissance style. [1]
It has also been known as Truck Company 6, Old Engine Company 11, and the Old Columbia Heights Firehouse. [1]
It was designated a historic landmark in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2004. According to the DC Office of Planning, [2]
Truck Company F was built in 1900 to serve the emerging neighborhood of Columbia Heights. It was one of the first of a new series of high-style firehouses created in the eclectic period between the late 1890s and World War I, as an expression of civic pride and as a testament to the importance of the Fire Department. The superb Italian Renaissance Revival design by local architect Leon Dessez is executed with a high degree of finish and formality, using Roman brick and glazed terra cotta detailing. The rear stable, similar in design, also remains. The firehouse was built for Truck Company F (whose designation is inscribed in the terra cotta frieze), it was renamed Truck Company 6 in 1906, and merged with Engine Company 11 in 1940. The building was decommissioned when Engine Company 11 relocated in 1982. [2]
