The Central Fire Station in

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, at 801 Crockett St., was built in 1922. It was listed on the

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in 1991. The listing included two

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. It is a two-story stuccoed brick building. It has Beaux Arts styling including "a watertable composed of green glazed bricks surmounted by a cast concrete band and a series of prominent

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mounted at the entablature level along the main facade and on the building's corners." A second

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on the property is a five-story

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. It was designed by architect Clarence W. King and built by contractor W.H. Werner. With It has hosted the

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. It is also a contributing property of the

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since its first boundary increase on .

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Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Caddo Parish, Louisiana Renaissance Revival architecture in Louisiana Beaux-Arts architecture in Louisiana Fire stations completed in 1922 1922 establishments in Louisiana Buildings and structures in Shreveport, Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub

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