Central Fire Station (Greensboro, North Carolina)

Central Fire Station

The original Central Fire Station Building, September 2012
Location 318 N. Greene St., Greensboro, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°4′33″N 79°47′29″W / 36.07583°N 79.79139°W / 36.07583; -79.79139Coordinates: 36°4′33″N 79°47′29″W / 36.07583°N 79.79139°W / 36.07583; -79.79139
Area less than one acre
Built 1925 (1925)-1926
Architect Hartmann, Charles C.
Architectural style Classical Revival, Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 80002837[1]
Added to NRHP April 28, 1980

Central Fire Station is a historic fire station located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Charles C. Hartmann and built in 1925-1926. It is a two-story, red brick building with carved granite ornamentation in the Renaissance Revival building. It is nine bays wide and has a six bay wide stepped and projecting pavilion with flattened arches and attached granite columns. The building once had a six-story tower, removed in the early-1950s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Barry Jacobs and Keith N. Morgan (November 1979). "Central Fire Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-12-01.


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