{"nrhp_refnum":"11000937","name":"Auburn Fire House No. 2","other_names":["Auburn Hose Company No. 2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Corner of Washington, Main, & Commercial Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Auburn","county":"Placer County","state":"CA","lat":38.89614125400004,"lon":-121.07943837099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Shingle style fire house at the corner of Main, Washington and Commercial Streets in Old Town Auburn, Placer County, California, built in 1891 for Auburn Hose Company No. 2 and moved about fifty feet in 1957.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion C as a unique local example of Shingle style architecture, with its steep pyramidal red-and-white striped roof and belfry. It is also significant locally as a civic building that served as Old Town's fire house from 1891 until 1958. The relocation was minor and kept the building's orientation, so integrity was judged sufficient.","narrative":"Fire House No. 2 is a two-and-a-half-story wood building in Old Town Auburn, California, finished in red and white in 1891. Local volunteers of Auburn Hose Company No. 2 and their wives raised the money to build it after the company had stored equipment in the street or an old shed. It was the tallest building in town and held a 700-pound bell in its belfry. Its steeply pitched pyramidal roof, covered in alternating bands of straight, octagon and diamond shingles, and its gabled dormers mark it as Shingle style, an unusual form for a firehouse. The building served as a fire station until 1958. In December 1957 the state highway department moved it about fifty feet to make way for freeway widening, keeping its orientation. It then opened as a museum for antique fire apparatus, and its image has been used in the city's logo. It was listed for its architecture and its role in local civic history.","period_of_significance":"1891-1960 (amended by the Keeper to 1891-1957)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian - Shingle","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Very good condition; used as a fire apparatus museum since 1958, with some shingles needing replacement and some paint chipping.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.72439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000937.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000937/8801dda0c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000937/8801dda0c0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bobak Ha'Eri","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0724-CA-OldFirehouseAuburn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobak Ha'Eri</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2009-0724-CA-OldFirehouseAuburn.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000138","name":"Old Auburn Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/old-auburn-historic-district-70000138/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857714","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_Fire_House_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60748076"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/placer-county/auburn-fire-house-no-2-11000937/"}