Central Fire Station (Shreveport, Louisiana)
Central Fire Station | |
Location | 801 Crockett St., Shreveport, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 32°30′32″N 93°45′03″W / 32.50889°N 93.75083°WCoordinates: 32°30′32″N 93°45′03″W / 32.50889°N 93.75083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1922 |
Built by | Werner, W.H. |
Architect | King, Clarence W. |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Renaissance, Italian Renaissance |
Part of | |
NRHP reference No. | 91000625[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 28, 1991 |
The Central Fire Station in Shreveport, Louisiana, at 801 Crockett St., was built in 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The listing included two contributing buildings.[1]
It is a two-story stuccoed brick building. It has Beaux Arts styling including "a watertable composed of green glazed bricks surmounted by a cast concrete band and a series of prominent cartouches mounted at the entablature level along the main facade and on the building's corners."[2]
A second contributing resource on the property is a five-story hose tower.[2]
It was designed by architect Clarence W. King and built by contractor W.H. Werner.[2]
It has hosted the .
It is also a contributing property of the since its first boundary increase on May 16, 1997.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c National Reeister staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (February 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Central Fire Station". National Park Service. Retrieved October 20, 2018. With accompanying nine photos from 1991
- ^ "Shreveport Commercial Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- Historic district contributing properties in Louisiana
- Fire stations in Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Caddo Parish, Louisiana
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Louisiana
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Louisiana
- Buildings and structures completed in 1922
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs