Английская Википедия:Historic Firehouses of Louisville

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Файл:Louisville Fire Department Headquarters.jpg
Built by the WPA in 1936, the Louisville Fire Department Headquarters is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Historic Firehouses of Louisville is a Thematic Resource (TR) Multiple Property Submission (MPS) on the National Register of Historic Places. The submission represents 18 historic fire stations, located in Louisville, Kentucky, which were added to the National Register in 1980–81 due to their historical and architectural merits.[1] [2]

History of firefighting in Louisville

Louisville's first fire brigades were established in 1780, two years after the city's creation. The first firehouses were volunteer fire departments scattered throughout the city, but on June 1, 1858, the city of Louisville took control, and replaced the hand engines with five steam engines and volunteers with paid staff. There were initially three fire stations, 65 professional firefighters, and 23 horses.[1][3][4]

Many of the early firehouses were demolished due to urban renewal; the oldest firehouse still standing was originally built as St. John's Church in 1848, but the city turned the two-story edifice of brick and cast iron located in Phoenix Hill into a firehouse in 1869.[1] Three additional remaining firehouses were built in the 1870s and 1880s (Steam Engine Co. #7 in Limerick (1871), Steam Engine Co. #10 in Butchertown (1873), and the Rogers Street Firehouse in Irish Hill (1883)).

Formed on October 7, 1871, as the Louisville Steam Engine Co. 7, Engine Company 7, at 6th & York Streets, is the oldest continuously operated firehouse in the United States.[5] Due to budget concerns, it is scheduled to close in January 2009, in hopes to save $543,000 from the city's budget.[6]

The most prominent of the firehouses built in the 1890s was the Fire Department Headquarters built in Downtown Louisville at 617 W. Jefferson Street in 1891. It is Richardsonian Romanesque in style, as it was designed by the McDonald Brothers, who also designed the Kentucky National Bank and Norton's Warehouse buildings in downtown Louisville.[1]

The current fire department headquarters, at 1135 W. Jefferson Street (just outside downtown Louisville), was built in 1936 by the WPA. This limestone edifice is one of the few buildings in Louisville built in the Art Deco style.[1] When the fire department moved out, the former headquarters became home to the police traffic bureau and eventually became the Louisville Sinking Fund Building.

Firehouses

Property Photo Built Location Description
Fire Department Headquarters Файл:Louisville Fire Department Headquarters.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1135 W. Jefferson St.
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Firehouse No. 13 Файл:Firehouse No. 13, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 100 N. 34th St.
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 Файл:Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.jpg Шаблон:Dts 221 S. Hancock St.
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 3 Файл:Hook and Ladder Company 3, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts Frankfort Ave. and Pope St.
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 4 Файл:Hook and Ladder Company No. 4, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 2301 Jefferson St.
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Hook and Ladder Company No. 5 Файл:Hook and Ladder Company No. 5, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1824 Garland Ave.
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Steam Engine Company No. 2 Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 2.jpg Шаблон:Dts 617-621 W. Jefferson St.
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Steam Engine Company No. 3 Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 3.jpg Шаблон:Dts 802-804 E. Main St.
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Steam Engine Company No. 4 (Logan Street) Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 4, Logan Street.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1024 Logan St.
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Steam Engine Company No. 4 (Main Street) Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 4, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1617 W. Main St.
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Steam Engine Company No. 7 Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 7.jpg Шаблон:Dts 821 S. 6th St.
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Steam Engine Company No. 10 Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 10, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1419 E. Washington
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Steam Engine Company No. 11 Файл:Steam Engine Company 11, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1122 Rogers
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Steam Engine Company No. 18 Файл:FireHouse 18 Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 2600 S. 4th St.
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Steam Engine Company No. 20 (1330 Bardstown Road) Файл:Steam Engine 20, 1330 Bardstown.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1330 Bardstown Rd.
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Steam Engine Company No. 20 (1735 Bardstown Road) Файл:Steam Engine 20, 1735 Bardstown.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1735 Bardstown Rd.
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Steam Engine Company No. 21 Файл:Engine 4 House, Truck 6 House, in Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 1761 Frankfort Ave.
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Steam Engine Company No. 22 Файл:Steam Engine Company No. 22, Louisville.jpg Шаблон:Dts 37th and Broadway
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References

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Hedgepeth, Marty. Шаблон:NRHP url, accessed December 10, 2011
  2. ↑ Historic Firehouses of Louisville (Updated)
  3. ↑ LouisvilleKy.gov - Louisville Fire - Home Page
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Louisville Mayor's Press Release: Study Highlights Repair Needs...
  6. ↑ Halladay, Jessie. Historic Louisville firehouse faces final call The Courier-Journal January 7, 2009, accessed December 10, 2011
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