Engine Company No. 10 (Truck House No. 13; Trindad Firehouse)

Style: Colonial Revival
City: Washington, DC

Truck House No. 13, known as the Trinidad Firehouse, was built in 1925 at 1342 Florida Avenue NE as a prototype for new District of Columbia firehouses, though its design was never repeated elsewhere. Truck Company 13 organized here on December 9, 1925, with a 1925 Seagrave 75-foot aerial ladder truck as its original equipment, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

the building

The Dime moves in. In 1940, Engine Company No. 10 relocated here from its earlier firehouse on Maryland Avenue. Known as 'the Dime,' Engine 10 was the busiest engine company in the nation from 1991 to 2003.

the style

Built in the Colonial Revival style as a prototype design, the firehouse's architectural language was intended for reuse across the city, though in practice the plan was never repeated.

the architect

Architect Albert Harris supervised the firehouse's design, though local architects Parks and Baxter are also often credited with it.

nearby

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Atlas Performing Arts Center 0.1 mi · Streamline Moderne · 1938
Old Engine Company No. 10 0.2 mi · Queen Anne
Langston Terrace Dwellings 0.7 mi
East Capitol Street Car Barn (Metropolitan Railroad Company Car Barn) 0.8 mi · Romanesque Revival · 1896
Crummell, Alexander School 0.8 mi

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