Columbia Central Fire Station

United States historic place


Columbia Central Fire Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


33°59′57″N 81°2′11″W / 33.99917°N 81.03639°W / 33.99917; -81.03639
Area	less than one acre
Built	1949 (1949)-1951
Architect	Singley, Heyward
Architectural style	Moderne, International Style
NRHP reference No.	08001396^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 25, 2009

Columbia Central Fire Station, also known as Columbia Fire Department Headquarters and Senate Street Station, is a historic fire station located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1949 and 1951, and consists of two buildings and a structure. The main building is a two-story, rectangular, brick building in the Moderne / International Style. It has a flat roof and features horizontal bands of windows. The one-story, brick fire truck garage building and the main building were constructed in 1949–1950. The drill tower is a six-story reinforced concrete structure built in 1951. The complex served as the Columbia Fire Department's Headquarters from 1950 until 1995.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Morgen A. Young (December 2008). "Columbia Central Fire Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
^ "Columbia Central Fire Station, Richland County (1001 Senate St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.