Engine House No. 8

1027 W. Mulberry St., Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland. County/parish: Baltimore.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 26, 1995. NRIS 94001577.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Engine House No. 8 (Baltimore)

Engine House No. 8 was a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was a two-story masonry building with a cast-iron street front, erected in 1871 in the Italianate style. The front featured a simple cornice with a central iron element bearing the legend "No. 8". Engine Company No. 8 operated from this building until 1912. In 1928 it became the motorcycle shop of Louis M. Helm and the upper story functioned as a clubhouse for a series of boys’ clubs into the 1940s.

Engine House No. 8 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. About 2002, the property was sold and the building was torn down. However, the cast-iron facade was saved, and the first floor cast-iron components were installed at the Fire Museum of Maryland, where the fire house has been put back together.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106775678

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