Engine Company No. 17 also known as Chemical Company No. 4 and the
Brookland Firehouse, is a historic firehouse located at 1227 Monroe Street, NE, Washington, D.C. It was constructed in 1902 and housed an early “chemical company” which fought fires in outlying districts using large soda-acid extinguishers rather than using steam pumpers on the unreliable municipal water supply.
The firehouse was innovative at the time of its construction, having a built-in electrical system, and it was designed to make use of the new
call box
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system installed in the neighborhood. It was officially designated Engine Company 17 in 1905.
It is built in the
Romanesque Revival
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style with an asymmetrical design with both load-bearing masonry and structural iron. It was likely designed by Municipal Architect John B. Brady. In 2007 the building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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as part of the Firehouses of Washington DC MPS.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES, 2009
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Fire stations completed in 1902
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Italianate architecture in Washington, D.C.
1902 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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