Truck Company F

Truck Company F, at 1336-1338 Park Rd. NW in Washington, D.C., was built in 1900. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The listing included two contributing buildings.[1]

Truck Company F
Truck Company F is located in District of Columbia
Truck Company F
Location1336-1338 Park Rd. NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates38°55′49″N 77°01′54″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
ArchitectLeon E. Dessez
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSFirehouses in Washington DC MPS
NRHP reference No.07000539[1]
Added to NRHPJune 6, 2007

It was designed by architect Leon E. Dessez in Renaissance style.[1]

It has also been known as Truck Company 6, Old Engine Company 11, and Old Columbia Heights Firehouse.[1]

It was designated a Washington, D.C. historic designation on July 22, 2004. According to the DC Office of Planning,[2]

Truck Company F was built in 1900 to serve the emerging neighborhood of Columbia Heights. It was one of the first of a new series of high-style firehouses created in the eclectic period between the late 1890s and World War I, as an expression of civic pride and as a testament to the importance of the Fire Department. The superb Italian Renaissance Revival design by local architect Leon Dessez is executed with a high degree of finish and formality, using Roman brick and glazed terra cotta detail. The rear stable, similar in design, also remains. The firehouse was built for Truck Company F (whose designation is inscribed in the terra cotta frieze); it was renamed Truck Company 6 in 1906, and merged with Engine Company 11 in 1940. The building was removed from active duty when Engine Company 11 relocated in 1982.[2]

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