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==Former Station No. 12== | ==Former Station No. 12== | ||
[[Image:Fire Station No 12.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Retired Fire Station No. 12]] | [[Image:Fire Station No 12.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Retired Fire Station No. 12]] | ||
The former Station No. 12 | The former Station No. 12 was built in [[1929]] in [[Woodlawn]] at [[1st Avenue North]] and [[57th Street North]]. Designed by [[Turner & Slater Architects]] in a residentially-scaled Tudor Revival style, the station was pulled back from the street to create a park space across from [[Woodlawn High School]]. Schoolchildren were welcomed to the grassy lawn, and public restrooms for "girls and boys" were included in the station's floor plans. The two-bay garage, tucked under parallel gables with arched openings and fanlights, opened onto an alleyway. Unsightly functions such as hose-drying, barbecuing and coal deliveries were concealed in a rear service courtyard. The second floor dormitories were accessed by a winding stair in the building's prominent corner turret, and egressed in emergencies via a polished steel fireman's pole. | ||
The building | In the 1980s, the Engine Company moved to its new station in East Lake. The vacant building was purchased by [[Jefferson County Health Services]], which already operated an adjoining [[Eastern Health Center]]. It was used for storage, but generally suffered from neglect. As windows were broken, they were boarded up. In [[1990]] the former station was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of a group of [[Birmingham's Historic Fire Stations]]. | ||
In [[2009]], the buiding was completely renovated as the offices and meeting space for the [[Birmingham Dream Center]], a mission outreach of the [[Church of the Highlands]]. | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Turner & Slater buildings]] | ||
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places]] | [[Category:National Register of Historic Places]] | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 4 October 2011
Birmingham Fire Station No. 12 (also called Woodlawn Fire Station) is a Birmingham Fire Department station located in East Lake at 6449 1st Avenue North. It is also used as a voting location.
Former Station No. 12
The former Station No. 12 was built in 1929 in Woodlawn at 1st Avenue North and 57th Street North. Designed by Turner & Slater Architects in a residentially-scaled Tudor Revival style, the station was pulled back from the street to create a park space across from Woodlawn High School. Schoolchildren were welcomed to the grassy lawn, and public restrooms for "girls and boys" were included in the station's floor plans. The two-bay garage, tucked under parallel gables with arched openings and fanlights, opened onto an alleyway. Unsightly functions such as hose-drying, barbecuing and coal deliveries were concealed in a rear service courtyard. The second floor dormitories were accessed by a winding stair in the building's prominent corner turret, and egressed in emergencies via a polished steel fireman's pole.
In the 1980s, the Engine Company moved to its new station in East Lake. The vacant building was purchased by Jefferson County Health Services, which already operated an adjoining Eastern Health Center. It was used for storage, but generally suffered from neglect. As windows were broken, they were boarded up. In 1990 the former station was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a group of Birmingham's Historic Fire Stations.
In 2009, the buiding was completely renovated as the offices and meeting space for the Birmingham Dream Center, a mission outreach of the Church of the Highlands.
External links
- Birmingham Fire Station No. 12 at Birmingham Retired Firefighters of Local 117 website