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The Steam Engine Company No. 7 building is a historic
firehouse __NOTOC__ A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire apparatus, fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective eq ...
located in
Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...
,
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
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. The two-story, brick structure was built in 1871. It is an excellent example of the application of Victorian design principles to a utilitarian public building, and is stylistically related to contemporary buildings in the
Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
neighborhood.. The firehouse was placed 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 1980 in recognition of its architectural significance."Department of the Interior, National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties"
47 FR 4932
(February 2, 1982), at 4939.


See also

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Historic Firehouses of Louisville The Historic Firehouses of Louisville is a Thematic Resource (TR) Multiple Property Submission (MPS) on the National Register of Historic Places. The submission represents 18 historic fire stations, located in Louisville, Kentucky, which were add ...
* Louisville Firehouse No. 2 *
National Register of Historic Places listings in Old Louisville, Kentucky This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Old Louisville, Kentucky (roughly bounded by York St. and E. Jacob St. on the north; S. Floyd St. and I-65 on the east; E. Brandeis St. on the south; ...


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* *, National Register of Historic Places cover documentation Fire stations completed in 1871 1871 establishments in Kentucky Victorian architecture in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky 19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky Government of Louisville, Kentucky {{JeffersonCountyKY-NRHP-stub