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Columbia Central Fire Station

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architect
  
Singley, Heyward

Added to NRHP
  
25 September 2009

Built
  
1949 (1949)-1951

NRHP Reference #
  
08001396

Columbia Central Fire Station

Location
  
1001 Senate St., Columbia, South Carolina

Architectural style
  
Moderne, International Style

Similar
  
Sumter National Forest, EdVenture, Williams‑Brice Stadium, House of Peace Synagogue, Columbia Museum of Art

Columbia Central Fire Station, also known as Columbia Fire Department Headquarters and Senate Street Station, is a historic fire station located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1949 and 1951, and consists of two buildings and a structure. The main building is a two-story, rectangular, brick building in the Moderne / International Style. It has a flat roof and features horizontal bands of windows. The one-story, brick fire truck garage building and the main building were constructed in 1949-1950. The drill tower is a six-story reinforced concrete structure built in 1951. The complex served as the Columbia Fire Department’s Headquarters from 1950 until 1995.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

References

Columbia Central Fire Station Wikipedia