Hope Fire Station

Hope Fire Station (HM42E)

Location: Harrisburg, PA 17101 Dauphin County
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N 40° 15.831', W 76° 53.274'

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Directly across this street stands the Hope Fire Station, oldest fire station in Harrisburg and one of the oldest in the U.S. It was originally owned by the Hope Fire Company, which was organized in 1814, and which built this building in 1871. Distinctive through its Italianate architectural design with tall arch-headed windows and corbelled exterior brickwork, the building remains a symbol of the classic neighborhood fire station of the 19th Century. The Hope Company, which was a volunteer unit as all were at the time, later became absorbed into the City of Harrisburg's Fire Bureau. The City continued to operate what had become known as the Hope Fire Station into the second half of the 20th Century. Upon the construction of two new state-of-the-art fire stations in the City in the late 1970's, the Hope Fire Station, and other smaller fire stations at various locations in Harrisburg, was sold for alternate use. The Hope Fire Station's important historic and architectural significance led the City at that time to require that the building's purchaser retain many of the building's original interior and exterior features which are still in place today.
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1914 view of the Hope Fire Station before the roof bell cupola was removed.
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HM NumberHM42E
Series This marker is part of the Pennsylvania: The Harrisburg History Project series
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Placed ByThe Harrisburg History Project Commissioned by Mayor Stephen R. Reed
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 12:54pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 339466 N 4458752
Decimal Degrees40.26385000, -76.88790000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 15.831', W 76° 53.274'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 15' 49.86" N, 76° 53' 16.44" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 605 N 2nd St, Harrisburg PA 17101, US
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