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Savannah Fire Station No. 3

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1937, Walter P. Marshall, with W. H. Armstrong, structural engineer. 121 E. Oglethorpe Ave.

This lot has been used for a fire station since 1855, when Central Station and Firemen’s Hall was erected and subsequently expanded four times between 1884 and 1908. By the early twentieth century, it was renamed Station No. 3. The original building was replaced by this one with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Red brick piers capped with limestone crenellation rhythmically mark the square-grid module of this building, which is a blend of Romanesque Revival and Art Deco.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Savannah Fire Station No. 3", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-6.20.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 116-117.

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