Webster Street Firehouse

Coordinates: 42°14′38″N 71°50′0″W / 42.24389°N 71.83333°W / 42.24389; -71.83333
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Webster Street Firehouse
Webster Street Firehouse is located in Massachusetts
Webster Street Firehouse
Webster Street Firehouse is located in the United States
Webster Street Firehouse
Location40 Webster St.,
Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′38″N 71°50′0″W / 42.24389°N 71.83333°W / 42.24389; -71.83333
Built1893
ArchitectE. Boyden & Son
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000480[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 1980

The Webster Street Firehouse is a historic fire station at 40 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The brick 2+12-story building was built in 1893 to a design by the local architectural firm of E. Boyden & Son. Its main facade is visually eclectic, with yellow brick and terracotta elements, brick pilasters topped with foliate decoration, and an arched window surmounted by a tower with iron cresting. There is a central four sided tower with open belfry that is topped by a steeply pitched roof.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It was demolished circa 2000, a new fire station was built in its place.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Webster Street Firehouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-17.