Central Fire Station (Brockton, Massachusetts)
The Central Fire Station is a historic fire station on 40 Pleasant Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. Built in 1884–85, the three-story brick mansard-roofed Second Empire building included several "firsts". It was the first brick firehouse in the city, and it was the nation's first firehouse to be electrified, receiving its power via an underground cable from a nearby power plant that had been built under the supervision of Thomas Alva Edison.[2]
Central Fire Station | |
Central Fire Station | |
| Location | Brockton, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°5′6″N 71°1′17″W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Waldo V. Howard |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000193 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 1977 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
Station 1 houses 4 fire apparatus, the Deputy Chief's command car, The Rescue, Squad A, and Ladder 1.
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "MACRIS inventory record for Central Fire Station". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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