Stoneham Firestation

The Stoneham Firestation is a historic fire station at Central and Emerson Streets in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The two-story red brick Renaissance Revival building was built in 1916, and continues to serve as the town's central fire station. Its most prominent feature is its four-story hose drying tower, which is reminiscent of Italian Renaissance-era towers.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984,[1] and included as a contributing property to the Central Square Historic District in 1990.[2]

Stoneham Firestation
Stoneham Fire Station
Stoneham Firestation is located in Massachusetts
Stoneham Firestation
Stoneham Firestation is located in the United States
Stoneham Firestation
LocationCentral and Emerson Sts., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°28′46″N 71°5′59″W
Built1916
ArchitectPenn Varney
Architectural styleRenaissance
Part ofCentral Square Historic District (ID89002277)
MPSStoneham MRA
NRHP reference No.84002831[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984
Designated CPJanuary 17, 1990

Description and setting

The Stoneham Firestation is prominently located adjacent to Central Square at the heart of the town's central business district. It is an L-shaped brick and masonry structure, two stories in height, with a flat roof that is obscured from view by a low parapet. The building is Mediterranean in style, primarily because of the four-story Tuscan tower that towers over it. There are narrow windows in the tower at the third level, above which is an elaborately decorated cornice. The fourth stage is open, with arched openings on each side and square piers at the corners. This is topped by a shallow-pitch tile roof with an dentillated cornice.[2]

The station was built in 1916, and continues to serve as the town's central fire station. It has three equipment bays at the front, with office space in the rear portion of the ell. The tower was a common feature of early 20th-century fire stations, which required space for hoses to dry. This building, designed by Lynn architect Penn Varney,[3] is one of the town's finest Renaissance Revival buildings.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Stoneham Firestation". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  3. "Proposals" in Boston Evening Globe, January 14, 1916, 15.
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