Dallas Fire Station No. 16, at 5501 Columbia Ave. in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
, was built in 1917. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1997.
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It is a two-story red brick building designed by architect H. A. Overbeck. It has a "curvilinear ]Mission Revival
The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...
parapet, cast stone geometric detailing, and knee brackets supporting a shed roof with red clay tiles." It also incorporates Prairie School architecture
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...
.
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Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Texas
Mission Revival architecture in Texas
Prairie School architecture
Buildings and structures completed in 1917
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