Engine #8 Fire Station

OVERVIEW

The project consisted of the comprehensive renovation and historic restoration of the Taylor Square Firehouse, a brick building built in 1904 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The structure required extensive renovations due to the growing size of the City's fire truck engines and to bring the building up to current code standards. It was finished with intricate architectural details including a projecting cornice with large wooden brackets, patterned brickwork on the parapet and truck bays that feature the Moorish Revival horseshoe arch design. Engine #8 Fire Station is regarded as one of the most elaborate fire stations built by the City during that period.