Columbia Central Fire Station | |
Coordinates: | 33.9992°N -81.0364°W |
Built: | -1951 |
Architect: | Singley, Heyward |
Architecture: | Moderne, International Style |
Added: | September 25, 2009 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 08001396 |
Columbia Central Fire Station, also known as Columbia Fire Department Headquarters and Senate Street Station, is a historic fire station located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1949 and 1951, and consists of two buildings and a structure. The main building is a two-story, rectangular, brick building in the Moderne / International Style. It has a flat roof and features horizontal bands of windows. The one-story, brick fire truck garage building and the main building were constructed in 1949–1950. The drill tower is a six-story reinforced concrete structure built in 1951. The complex served as the Columbia Fire Department's Headquarters from 1950 until 1995.[1] [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.