13 E. Church Ave., Roanoke (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Roanoke.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 07, 1973. NRIS 73002224.
1 contributing building.
Fire Station No. 1 is a former fire station listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Modeled after Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Fire Station No. 1 served as one of the longest continuously operating fire stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia from its completion in 1907 through the opening of a replacement facility in 2007. Designed by the Lynchburg firm of Huggins and Bates, No. 1 still stands as a monument to the civic pride of early Roanoke. It is located in the Roanoke City Market Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683319