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The Webster Street Firehouse is a historic
fire station __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 equ ...
at 40 Webster Street in
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. The brick -story building was built in 1893 to a design by the local architectural firm of E. Boyden & Son. Its main facade is visually eclectic, with yellow brick and terracotta elements, brick pilasters topped with foliate decoration, and an arched window surmounted by a tower with iron cresting. There is a central four sided tower with open belfry that is topped by a steeply pitched roof. The building was listed on the
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in 1980. It was demolished circa 2000, a new fire station was built in its place.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts There are 291 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts. Of these, 82 are west of I-190 and the north-south section of I-290 and south of Massachusetts Route 122, and are listed be ...
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Fire stations completed in 1893 Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Worcester, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts 1893 establishments in Massachusetts {{WorcesterMA-NRHP-stub