Engine House No. 34
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Boston, MA
Engine House No. 34 is a fire station at 444 Western Avenue near Waverly Street in Brighton, designed by Charles J. Bateman and built in 1888. It's one of a small number of Richardsonian Romanesque buildings in the neighborhood, built of brick and brownstone at a scale suited to its everyday civic purpose.
the building
The engine entrance. The main facade is dominated by a large round arch set asymmetrically, behind which the engine entrance is recessed — the defining Richardsonian gesture on an otherwise modest 2½-story brick and brownstone building.
Roofline. The roof is gabled with a hipped section above it and a large hipped projection to the left, giving the small firehouse an irregular, picturesque silhouette.
the style
The firehouse is built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, identifiable by its heavy round arch and rough-textured brick and brownstone — a style more often associated with grand civic buildings than a neighborhood firehouse, and one of relatively few examples in the area.
More on Romanesque Revivalsignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
nearby
- Harvard Stadium
- Elmwood
- The Class of 1959 Chapel
- Mount Auburn Cemetery Reception House
- The Larches
- Hooper-Lee-Nichols House