Engine Company 29

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Engine Company 29
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Engine Company 29 in 2012
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Location4811 MacArthur Blvd. NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates 38°54′56″N77°05′37″W / 38.915555°N 77.093536°W / 38.915555; -77.093536 Coordinates: 38°54′56″N77°05′37″W / 38.915555°N 77.093536°W / 38.915555; -77.093536
Arealess than one acre
Built1925
Architect Albert L. Harris
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
NRHP reference No. 07000534 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 2007

Engine Company 29, at 4811 MacArthur Blvd. NW in Washington, D.C., is a fire station built in 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

It was designed by architect Albert L. Harris in Colonial Revival style.

It has also been known as the Palisades Firehouse and as Engine Company No. 29. [2] [3]

It was designated a Washington, D.C. historic designation on July 22, 2004. According to the DC Office of Planning, [3]

The Palisades firehouse was the city’s first one-story firehouse, and one of two prototype Colonial Revival firehouses dating from 1925. In that year, the fire department completed its conversion to all-motorized apparatus, enabling a more rapid response and necessitating fewer firehouses overall. But facilities grew larger, and in outlying suburban areas, more land was available to spread the stations over a more convenient single floor. The design is among the most successful of Municipal Architect Albert Harris. Following neo-Georgian principles, the main block of the front-gabled brick building is symmetrically composed, but the dormitories are placed to the side in a secondary wing, creating a T-shaped plan. A majestic four-story hose tower rises at the rear, balancing the design and creating a conspicuous neighborhood landmark. [3]

The department's Robert “Bob” Marshall "loved firefighting so much" that he commuted 80 miles to work there, before he was killed in a non-work-related accident in 2018. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "'Like a father;' Colleagues remember DC firefighter who succumbed to injuries". WUSA9. April 22, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites" (PDF). DC Office of Planning. September 2004. p. 123. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

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