Suvarna Garge (Editor)

River Street Firehouse

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Built
  
1890

NRHP Reference #
  
82001973

Area
  
4,047 m²

MPS
  
Cambridge MRA

Opened
  
1890

Added to NRHP
  
13 April 1982

River Street Firehouse

Location
  
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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.

References

River Street Firehouse Wikipedia