Fire Station No. 6

by Nathan Little

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Fire Station No. 6

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Nathan Little

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The classic Italianate-style building at 1702 Washington was constructed in 1903 and hailed as the most modern fire station in Houston. The all-brick building was a departure from the wood buildings typically constructed in Houston, which often fell victim to fire. With 27 windows and cold and hot running water indoor bathrooms, it provided a luxury never dreamed of by firefighters of the day.

Built to accommodate the larger automated equipment then in development, the station still operated with a horse-drawn pumper when it opened in 1903. The ground floor of the new structure was concrete to make it stronger to hold the larger pumpers to come and easier to clean up after the horses.

One of the three automated LaFrance Metropolitan steamers bought by the Houston Fire Department in 1910 was assigned to Fire Station No. 6.

Fire Station No. 6 is the second oldest of Houston’s fire stations still in existence; the firefighting unit moved from Washington only once in its four incarnations:

1873 at Washington and Preston
1903 at Washington and Ash
1931 at Henderson and Decatur
1987 at Washington and Lakin

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