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Freeport Fire Station No. 2

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c. 1958, Caudill Rowlett Scott (CRS). 1201 Gulf Blvd.
  • (Photograph by Marty Merritt)
  • (Photograph by Marty Merritt)

Behind the fast food franchises and service stations lining TX 288 lies this serene little building, which relies on wall planes of CRS's signature red paving brick for architectural effect. The identifying graphics on the screen wall facing Skinner Street represent the height of style c. 1960.

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Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Gerald Moorhead et al., "Freeport Fire Station No. 2", [Freeport, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-AS8.

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