Elgin Fire Barn No. 5, 533 Saint Charles Street, Elgin, Kane County, IL
Summary
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: Built in 1903 after designs by local architect Smith Hoag, Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 was one of a series of public firehouses built in Elgin, Illinois in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is a well-preserved example of a fire house designed for horse-drawn apparatus and features handsome Classical Revival decorative details popular at the turn of the twentieth century.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2204
Survey number: HABS IL-335
Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1991-2015 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001002
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fire stations
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brick buildings
classical revival architectural elements
stone foundations
courses wall components
hip roofs
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stephanie anderson
dana burgess
elgin fire company no 5
catherine r ferrari
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historic american buildings survey
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jacob lind
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saint charles street
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national register of historic places
Date
1903 - 1980
Location
elgin
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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