This is one of four modernist fire stations designed in the 1950s for the City of Savannah by the father-and-son team of Cletus W. and William P. Bergen. A dramatic flared gable projects over two fire-truck bays celebrating the prominence of the fire department and complements the suburban character of the neighborhood and the nearby Medical Arts Center (20.1).
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "63rd Street Fire Station (Fire Station No. 1)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-20.2.
Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 274-274.
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