Engine Company 23

Engine Company 23
Location 2119 G St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°02′54″W / 38.89778°N 77.04833°W / 38.89778; -77.04833Coordinates: 38°53′52″N 77°02′54″W / 38.89778°N 77.04833°W / 38.89778; -77.04833
Built 1910
Architect Snowden Ashford
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
NRHP Reference # 07000540[1]
Added to NRHP June 6, 2007

Engine Company 23 is a fire station and a historic structure located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The two-story Italianate style building was a collaboration of the Washington, D.C. architectural firm of Hornblower & Marshall and District of Columbia Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford. It was built in 1910. The exterior of the structure features segmental-arched vehicle openings and quoined limestone frontispiece.[2] It was listed on both the DC Inventory of Historic Sites in 2005 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The building sits on the campus of the George Washington University near Kogan Plaza.

References

  1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2012-10-25.


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