Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 is a historic
firehouse
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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 at 420 Broad Street in
Nevada City,
California
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. Built in 1860–61, the firehouse was the first built in Nevada City. At the time, Nevada City had two factions competing for public funds for a firehouse: the Broad Street fire company and a group based on Main Street. While the Main Street company officially organized a day before the Broad Street company, the Broad Street firehouse had more private funding and was completed first, and hence Firehouse No. 2 became the first in the city. The firehouse features a two-story
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
in front and a
Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
cornice.
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The firehouse was added to 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 ...
on May 3, 1974.
It is now operated by the Nevada County Historical Society as a museum of local history.
Images
Fire House No. 2 (Nevada City, CA).jpg, The firehouse as it appeared in 1936.
Nevada City Firehouse Number Two-3.jpg, The firehouse in 2012
NevadaCityCA95959b.jpg, Nevada City Firehouse No. 1 is a similarly built building
See also
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References
External links
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Historic Firehouse No. 1 Museum- Nevada County Historical Society
Nevada City Fire Department
Buildings and structures in Nevada City, California
History of Nevada City, California
Fire stations completed in 1860
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California
National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, California
Greek Revival architecture in California
Neoclassical architecture in California
Museums in Nevada County, California
Historical society museums in California
1860 establishments in California
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