Washington Firehouse No. 5

Fire Station No. 5
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The building in 2008, currently used to house a legal firm.
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Location	7 North Lawrence Street Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates	30°41′24.54″N 88°2′54.11″W
Built	1851
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	83003462[1]
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1983[1]

Washington Firehouse No. 5, also known as Fire Station No. 5, is a historic fire station in Mobile, Alabama, United States.^[1] The two-story brick Greek Revival building was built in 1851 at a cost of $5,500. It was constructed to house the privately run Washington Fire Company.^[2] The building features a Doric distyle-in-antis arrangement at the street level supporting an upper story with jib windows opening onto a cantilevered iron balcony.^[3] The building was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936^[4] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Dauphin Street Virtual Walking Tour". Main Street Mobile. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
3. Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930, page 70. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8173-1134-3.
4. "Washington Fire Engine Company No. 5". Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Retrieved March 27, 2008.