Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 is a historic fire station and engine company in the South Los Angeles area of
Los Angeles, California.
Closed in 1980, the building is now home to the African American Firefighter Museum (AAFFM). The AAFFM features vintage fire equipment and apparatus, memorabilia, histories and photos of pioneering African American firefighters in Los Angeles. Other displays include photos, artifacts and memorabilia of African American firefighters, officers and historical women fire service professionals from around the country. The Museum is open to the public and is strictly volunteer and donation driven.
History
The two-story structure was designed in the
Prairie School
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 ...
style and was built in 1913.
The structure was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009 pursuant to the registration requirements for fire stations set forth in a multiple property submission study, the African Americans in Los Angeles MPS. It was the first of two all-black segregated fire stations in Los Angeles. Fire Station No. 30, and its resident Engine Company No. 30, was segregated in 1924. It remained segregated until 1956 when the Los Angeles Fire Department was integrated. According to the registration form supporting the station's listing on the National Register, "All-black fire stations were simultaneous representations of racial segregation and sources of community pride."
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.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles, California
* Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial
* Los Angeles Fire Department
*The Stentorians
The Stentorians are a fraternal organization of African American firefighters, based in Los Angeles, California, and founded in 1954.
Background
The Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles was an area of sprawling American Craftsmen s ...
References
External links
Official website of the African American Firefighter Museum
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Firefighting museums in California
Museums in Los Angeles
South Los Angeles
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles
Defunct fire stations in California
Fire stations completed in 1913
1913 establishments in California
1910s architecture in the United States
Prairie School architecture in California
African-American segregation in the United States
African-American museums in California