Engine House No. 8 | |
Location: | 1027 W. Mulberry St., Baltimore, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 39.2933°N -76.6358°W |
Architecture: | Italianate |
Added: | January 26, 1995 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Mpsub: | Cast Iron Architecture of Baltimore MPS |
Refnum: | 94001577 |
Engine House No. 8 was a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was a two-story masonry building with a cast-iron street front, erected in 1871 in the Italianate style. The front featured a simple cornice with a central iron element bearing the legend "No. 8". Engine Company No. 8 operated from this building until 1912. In 1928 it became the motorcycle shop of Louis M. Helm and the upper story functioned as a clubhouse for a series of boys’ clubs into the 1940s.[1]
Engine House No. 8 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. About 2002, the property was sold and the building was torn down. However, the cast-iron facade was saved, and the first floor cast-iron components were installed at the Fire Museum of Maryland, where the fire house has been put back together.