Engine House No. 8 was a historic fire station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was a two-story masonry building with a cast-iron street front, erected in 1871 in the Italianate style. The front featured a simple cornice with a central iron element bearing the legend "No. 8". Engine Company No. 8 operated from this building until 1912. In 1928 it became the motorcycle shop of Louis M. Helm and the upper story functioned as a clubhouse for a series of boys’ clubs into the 1940s.
Engine House No. 8 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. About 2002, the property was sold and the building was torn down. However, the cast-iron facade was saved, and the first floor cast-iron components were installed at the Fire Museum of Maryland, where the fire house has been put back together.
See also
- Fire departments in Maryland
- Engine House No. 6 (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Paca Street Firehouse
- Poppleton Fire Station
References
External links
- Engine House #8, Baltimore City, including photo from 1990, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-354, "Engine Company Number 8 Firehouse, 323 Mulberry Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD", 2 data pages
