The Fire Station No. 2 in Topeka, Kansas, at 719-723 Van Buren, is a fire station which was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Fire Station No. 2-Topeka.[1]
Fire Station No. 2-Topeka | |
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| Location | 719-723 Van Buren, Topeka, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 39°03′07″N 95°40′35″W / 39.05194°N 95.67639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect | Thomas Wilson Williamson |
| Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000715[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 2002 |
It was designed by architect Thomas Wilson Williamson in 1927 to serve as Topeka's Fire Department Headquarters and as fire station for Company No. 2. It is a two-and-a-half-story building with elements of Mediterranean Revival style (within broader Spanish Colonial Revival style) including its wrought iron balcony railings and its Spanish tile roof. Its modern features included a 60 feet (18 m) high fire drill tower, which was removed in 1967, and a fire alarm center.[2]
It was remodeled in 1979 to serve as the Topeka Emergency Communication Center (TECOM), Topeka's then-new combined fire and police dispatch and 911 center.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Brenda R. Spencer (February 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fire Station No. 2". National Park Service. Retrieved October 17, 2018. With accompanying 24 photos from 2002 and one from 1960s