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Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House

Coordinates: 44°00′44″N 88°32′19″W / 44.01222°N 88.53861°W / 44.01222; -88.53861 (Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House)
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Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House
Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House
Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House is located in Wisconsin
Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House
Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House is located in the United States
Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House
Location17 W. Sixth Ave., Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°00′44″N 88°32′19″W / 44.01222°N 88.53861°W / 44.01222; -88.53861 (Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1868 (1868)
ArchitectWilliam Waters
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.95001505[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1996

The Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[2]

History

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The fire house was designed by William Waters and built in 1868, after major fires in 1859 and 1866. By the time it closed in 1946, #4 spanned the transitions from volunteer firemen to professionals, from mobile pumps to hose wagons, and from horses to motorized trucks.[3]

Later, the building housed a sign company for a time. It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 1995 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House". LandmarkHunter.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ Hundt Rankin, Katherine (1994-11-01). "Brooklyn No. 4 Fire House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  4. ^ "17 W 6TH AVE". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2018-04-09.