Built 1890 NRHP Reference # 82001973 Area 4,047 m² | MPS Cambridge MRA Opened 1890 Added to NRHP 13 April 1982 | |
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Address 176 River St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Architectural style Queen Anne style architecture Similar Lechmere Canal, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Square, Cambridge Common, Semitic Museum |
River Street Firehouse is an historic firehouse at 176 River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and two vehicle bays. It was designed by George Fogerty in the Queen Anne style, and was completed in 1890. It has short towers with pyramidal roofs at the front corners, and has decorative herringbone brickwork. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The firehouse has been the home of Engine 6 of the Cambridge Fire Department since the building's construction.
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