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[[Image:BirminghamFirestation3.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Station No. 3]] | [[Image:BirminghamFirestation3.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Station No. 3]] | ||
'''Birmingham Fire Station No. 3''' is located at 2210 [[Highland Avenue]]. It was originally built in [[ | '''Birmingham Fire Station No. 3''' is located at 2210 [[Highland Avenue]]. It was originally built in [[1927]] to serve the [[Five Points South]] and [[South Highlands]] areas. Architects [[Warren, Knight & Davis]] designed it in a Beaux-Arts style with a shallow, hipped roof and brick walls ornamented with limestone trim. | ||
The station was demolished and rebuilt in [[1992]]. The stone archways surrounding the truck bay doors were salvaged and re-used | The building included a residence upstairs that was used in the 1930s by Chief [[Alf Brown]] and his family. The upstairs was remodeled in the 1960s. | ||
The station was demolished and rebuilt in [[1992]]. The stone archways and ornaments surrounding the entrance and truck bay doors were salvaged and re-used on the new building, but the arrangement was reversed, moving the entrance to the far right of the front facade. | |||
==Equipment== | ==Equipment== | ||
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* Hazmat 3 | * Hazmat 3 | ||
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* [http:// | * King, Pamela Sterne & Steven M. Kay (May 22, 1990) "[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/90001554.pdf Fire Station No. 3]" National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service - accessed April 22, 2014 | ||
[[Category:Birmingham fire stations|03]] | [[Category:Birmingham fire stations|03]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1927 buildings]] | ||
[[Category:1992 buildings]] | [[Category:1992 buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Highland Avenue]] | [[Category:Highland Avenue]] | ||
Revision as of 14:36, 22 April 2014
Birmingham Fire Station No. 3 is located at 2210 Highland Avenue. It was originally built in 1927 to serve the Five Points South and South Highlands areas. Architects Warren, Knight & Davis designed it in a Beaux-Arts style with a shallow, hipped roof and brick walls ornamented with limestone trim.
The building included a residence upstairs that was used in the 1930s by Chief Alf Brown and his family. The upstairs was remodeled in the 1960s.
The station was demolished and rebuilt in 1992. The stone archways and ornaments surrounding the entrance and truck bay doors were salvaged and re-used on the new building, but the arrangement was reversed, moving the entrance to the far right of the front facade.
Equipment
- Engine 3
- Rescue 3
- Hazmat 3
References
- King, Pamela Sterne & Steven M. Kay (May 22, 1990) "Fire Station No. 3" National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service - accessed April 22, 2014