Fire Station No. 2-Topeka | |
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Location | 719-723 Van Buren, Topeka, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 39°03′07″N 95°40′35″W / 39.05194°N 95.67639°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1927 |
Architect | Thomas Wilson Williamson |
Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 02000715 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 3, 2002 |
The Fire Station No. 2 in Topeka, Kansas, at 719-723 Van Buren, is a fire station which was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Fire Station No. 2-Topeka. [1]
It was designed by architect Thomas Wilson Williamson in 1927 to serve as Topeka's Fire Department Headquarters and as fire station for Company No. 2. It is a two-and-a-half-story building with elements of Mediterranean Revival style (within broader Spanish Colonial Revival style) including its wrought iron balcony railings and its Spanish tile roof. Its modern features included a 60 feet (18 m) high fire drill tower, which was removed in 1967, and a fire alarm center. [2]
It was remodeled in 1979 to serve as the Topeka Emergency Communication Center (TECOM), Topeka's then-new combined fire and police dispatch and 911 center. [2]
Fire Station No. 2-Topeka | |
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Location | 719-723 Van Buren, Topeka, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 39°03′07″N 95°40′35″W / 39.05194°N 95.67639°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1927 |
Architect | Thomas Wilson Williamson |
Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 02000715 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 3, 2002 |
The Fire Station No. 2 in Topeka, Kansas, at 719-723 Van Buren, is a fire station which was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Fire Station No. 2-Topeka. [1]
It was designed by architect Thomas Wilson Williamson in 1927 to serve as Topeka's Fire Department Headquarters and as fire station for Company No. 2. It is a two-and-a-half-story building with elements of Mediterranean Revival style (within broader Spanish Colonial Revival style) including its wrought iron balcony railings and its Spanish tile roof. Its modern features included a 60 feet (18 m) high fire drill tower, which was removed in 1967, and a fire alarm center. [2]
It was remodeled in 1979 to serve as the Topeka Emergency Communication Center (TECOM), Topeka's then-new combined fire and police dispatch and 911 center. [2]