Camp Curtin Fire Station

The Camp Curtin Fire Station is a historic fire station located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981,[1] and was decommissioned around that same time because it was no longer large enough to accommodate standard fire trucks.[2]

Camp Curtin Fire Station
Location2504 N. 6th St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°17′13″N 76°53′39″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1910
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.81000541[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1981

History

The Camp Curtin Fire Station was built in 1910,[3] and was home to the Camp Curtin Fire Company.[4] It is a two-story, rectangular brick building, measuring 38 by 46 feet (12 by 14 m). The building exhibits Italianate style design elements. It features a square wooden bell tower at the center of the front facade. The tower has a hipped, shingled roof and four stilted segmental arches.[5]

In 1915, residents of Harrisburg's tenth ward petitioned city leaders to fund the purchase of modern fire equipment, including a new chemical engine, citing the lack of sufficient fire protection in their ward and outdated equipment in use at the time by the Camp Curtin Fire Company.[6]

This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] The station was decommissioned sometime around this same time.[7]

In 2019, the Historic Harrisburg Association announced that a medical marijuana dispensary would open in the building, and that the owners planned "to preserve much of the historic building's character and charm." It had previously housed a restaurant serving barbecue.[8]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Medical marijuana dispensary set to open in former Camp Curtin fire station." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: CBS-21 News, June 10, 2019.
  3. "Camp Curtin Company Observes Anniversary." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Telegraph, January 25, 1918, p. 20.
  4. "Camp Curtin Fire Co. Elects New Officers." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Telegraph, February 13, 1918.
  5. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Richard Behney and Sakura Namioka (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Camp Curtin Fire Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  6. "Tenth Warders Insist on More Fire Protection: One Thousand of the 1,421 Sign Protest Filed with Commission To-Day: Have Only One Ancient Machine." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Star-Independent, March 16, 1915, p. 1.
  7. "Medical marijuana dispensary set to open in former Camp Curtin fire station," CBS-21 News.
  8. "Medical marijuana dispensary set to open in former Camp Curtin fire station," CBS-21 News.
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