Engine Company 23

Coordinates: 38°53′54.798″N 77°02′51.518″W / 38.89855500°N 77.04764389°W / 38.89855500; -77.04764389
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Engine Company 23
Engine Company 23 building (2008)
Engine Company 23 is located in District of Columbia
Engine Company 23
Location2119 G St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′54.798″N 77°02′51.518″W / 38.89855500°N 77.04764389°W / 38.89855500; -77.04764389
Built1910
ArchitectSnowden Ashford
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSFirehouses in Washington DC MPS
NRHP reference No.07000540[1]
Added to NRHPJune 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 District of Columbia 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[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-10-25.

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