Webster Street Firehouse

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Webster Street Firehouse
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Location40 Webster St.,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′38″N71°50′0″W / 42.24389°N 71.83333°W / 42.24389; -71.83333
Built1893
Architect E. Boyden & Son
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No. 80000480 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 1980

The Webster Street Firehouse is a historic fire station at 40 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The brick 2+12-story building was built in 1893 to a design by the local architectural firm of E. Boyden & Son. Its main facade is visually eclectic, with yellow brick and terracotta elements, brick pilasters topped with foliate decoration, and an arched window surmounted by a tower with iron cresting. There is a central four sided tower with open belfry that is topped by a steeply pitched roof. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was demolished circa 2000, a new fire station was built in its place.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Webster Street Firehouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-17.