Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 2
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Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 2 | |
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 2, April 2010 | |
Location | 31 Academy St., Newark, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°40′56″N 75°44′57″W / 39.682181°N 75.749142°W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1922 |
Architect | Hope, Clarence; Willis, J.C. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Newark MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82002334[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1982 |
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 2 is a historic fire station located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1922 and is a two-story ashlar structure with secondary wings on three sides. It features a gable roof with frame cupola.[2]
The four engine bays facing Academy Street house a tiller ladder, two modern engines, and the company's restored 1926 Seagrave engine "Old Bessie" which is used for parades and other special events.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 2". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2010. Two accompanying photos from 1980.
- ^ "Apparatus". Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ Shannon, Josh (May 3, 2016). "1921 fire engine returns home to Aetna". Newark Post. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
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Categories:
- Fire stations completed in 1922
- Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Buildings and structures in Newark, Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
- 1922 establishments in Delaware
- Neoclassical architecture in Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs