Wollaston Fire Station

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Wollaston Fire Station
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Location111 Beale St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′54.9″N71°1′13.1″W / 42.265250°N 71.020306°W / 42.265250; -71.020306
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1901
ArchitectJones & Hart
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001317 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989
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Wollaston Fire Station is a historic fire station at 111 Beale Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The two-story brick building was completed in 1901 on the site of an earlier wooden fire station, and is a fine local example of Italianate design. It was designed by Boston architects Jones & Hart, one of the partners of which, Howland Jones, had grown up in Wollaston. [2] [3] The tower, which dominates the structure, has a low-pitch tile roof over a corbelled eave, and an arched arcade. Its original arched bay entries have lost their original arched openings in order to accommodate large pieces of equipment. [4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Wollaston's new fire station," Boston Globe, February 28, 1901.
  3. ↑ Architectural Review 8, no. 8 (August 1901): 96.
  4. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Wollaston Fire Station". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
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