Fire Station No. 5 (other)
Fire Station No. 5 may refer to: * Fire Station No. 5 (Mobile, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Fire Barn 5 (Elgin, Illinois), NRHP-listed, also known as "Fire Station 5" * No. 5 Fire Station (Sandusky, Ohio), NRHP-listed * Fire Station No. 5 (Knoxville, Tennessee), NRHP-listed * Fire Station No. 5 (Roanoke, Virginia) * Fire Station No. 5 (Tacoma, Washington), NRHP-listed See also *List of fire stations This is a list of notable current and former fire stations, which are also called "fire houses", "fire halls", "engine houses", "hook and ladder companies" and other terms. It includes combination buildings, such as city halls or other government ...

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Fire Barn 5 (Elgin, Illinois)
Fire Barn 5 or Fire Station 5 is a historic building in Elgin, Illinois. It was the fifth official fire barn in Elgin, originally housing horses and a fire fighting carriage. Over the years, the carriage was replaced by automobiles. The building is an example of Classical Revival architecture and operated as a fire station until 1991, the year it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It now functions as the Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 Museum, a museum of firefighting history. History Elgin, Illinois was first settled in the 1830s and was incorporated in 1854. Upon incorporation, the city was able to raise taxes for public buildings, including a town hall and schools. With the success of the Elgin National Watch Company and the Gail Borden Condensing Company, Elgin became a prosperous manufacturing town by the late 1860s. It was at this point when the first fire department of Elgin was established following a bad fire on July 15, 1865. A storage facility was built f ...
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