Taylor Square Firehouse

The Taylor Square Firehouse is an historic fire station at 113 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stylistically eclectic brick building was built in 1904 to a design by local architect Charles R. Greco. Although it has a somewhat standard building plan dictated by its function, the building has exotic architectural details, including a projecting cornice with large wooden brackets, patterned brickwork on the parapet, and Moorish Revival decoration of the truck bay arches. It is the most elaborate of the fire stations built by the city in that period.[2]

Taylor Square Firehouse
Taylor Square Firehouse is located in Massachusetts
Taylor Square Firehouse
Taylor Square Firehouse is located in the United States
Taylor Square Firehouse
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′3.3″N 71°7′47.6″W / 42.384250°N 71.129889°W / 42.384250; -71.129889
Built1904
ArchitectCharles R. Greco
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.82001979[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Taylor Square Firehouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-24.