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Water Witch Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5

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Built
  
1893

NRHP Reference #
  
11000697

Added to NRHP
  
23 September 2011

Architect
  
Edward L. Rice, Jr.

Opened
  
1893

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Location
  
1814 Gilpin Ave., Wilmington, Delaware

Similar
  
Winterthur Museum - Garden a, Bellevue State Park, Brandywine Creek, DuPont Building, Holy Trinity Church

The Water Witch Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5 is a historic fire station at 1814 Gilpin Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware. The 2-1/2 story brick building was designed by Edward L. Rice, Jr., a leading Wilmington architect, and built in 1893. The building is an architecturally eclectic mix of Queen Anne and Second Empire styling, and has retained many of its original interior details.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Water Witch Steam Fire Engine Company No. 5 Wikipedia