{"nrhp_refnum":"09000147","name":"Fire Station No. 14","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3401 S. Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.012536133000026,"lon":-118.25683163499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one- to three-story International Style reinforced concrete fire station at the northwest corner of South Central Avenue and East 34th Street in Los Angeles, California, built in 1949 and designed by architect Earl T. Heitschmidt.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A in the area of Ethnic Heritage (Black) as one of two segregated all-black fire stations in Los Angeles. It represents both racial segregation in the fire department and a source of pride for African American firefighters until the department was fully integrated in 1956.","narrative":"Built in 1949 at the corner of South Central Avenue and East 34th Street in Los Angeles, this fire station is a modest International Style building of reinforced concrete, ranging from one to three stories. Its street front pairs a one-story pedestrian entrance with a two-story truck bay, joined by red brick veneer, and a three-story hose tower sits at the northwest corner. The station replaced an earlier Fire Station #14, opened in 1936 for Black firefighters, which stood next to it. It matters because the Los Angeles Fire Department assigned its African American firefighters to segregated stations, and this was one of only two. The arrangement reflected discriminatory policy while also providing a source of community pride. Pressure from groups such as the NAACP and the Stentorians organization contributed to full integration of the department in 1956. Architect Earl T. Heitschmidt designed the building, and the exterior is largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1949-1956","architect_builder":"Heitschmidt, Earl T., architect","architectural_style":"Modern Movements - International Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a fire station; the form says the building retains all aspects of integrity, with the fire truck doors replaced as the only apparent exterior alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.811311-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09000147.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000147/9a1a901161-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000147/9a1a901161-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cbl62","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Station_No._14_(Los_Angeles,_California).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cbl62</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Station_No._14_(Los_Angeles,_California).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857463","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Station_No._14_(Los_Angeles)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5451455"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/fire-station-no-14-09000147/"}