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Portland, United States

Portland Fire Station No. 17

Portland, United States

Portland Fire Station No. 17
Photo: Ian Poellet (User:Werewombat) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Portland Fire Station No. 17 is a Georgian-style firehouse built in 1912 at 824 N.W. Twenty-fourth Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Designed by Lee Gray Holden, a Battalion Chief with the Portland Fire Bureau, the station was constructed to house horse-drawn apparatus—specifically a steam pumper requiring three horses and a ladder truck requiring two. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, recognizing its historical significance as a contributing property to the city's architectural heritage.

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Built
Type
fire station
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Place
Portland, United States

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Location

45.52889, -122.70028