{"nrhp_refnum":"78001973","name":"Henderson Fire Station and Municipal Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Garnett and Young Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Henderson","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.32795424700004,"lon":-78.40181185399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick fire station with a five-story corner tower at Garnett Street and Young Street in Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, built in 1908, with a one-story brick municipal building wrapped around it, added in the 1920s.","why_significant":"The fire station is described as downtown Henderson's chief landmark and one of the handsomest buildings of its kind in the region. It is tied to early 20th century improvements in municipal service and firefighting, and its tower is cited as a distinctive feature of dramatic early 20th century eclectic architecture. The municipal building was included because of its community use and its architectural relationship to the station.","narrative":"Rising roughly five stories above Henderson's main commercial street, the fire station at Garnett and Young Streets is the town's most recognizable landmark. Robert Bunn, an English-born contractor who came to Henderson from Canada about 1879, designed and built it in 1908 to replace a late 1880s station. The red brick building has a gabled main block, blind arches, a bullseye motif in the gable and a campanile-like tower with clocks and a broad-eaved roof. Inside, a seven-flight stair climbs an open tower well and a fire pole still links the living quarters to the truck bay. A one-story brick municipal building, added in the 1920s in a compatible style, wraps around the station's rear and side. The property was listed for its link to improved municipal firefighting and safety in the early twentieth century, and for its distinctive tower and architecture. The exterior remains almost as built.","period_of_significance":"1908","architect_builder":"Robert Bunn","architectural_style":"Early 20th century eclectic, with a slightly Mediterranean flavor","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Fire station in use as a fire station and municipal government building; exterior described as almost unchanged since 1908, with interior changes over the years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.319229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7224/47722419/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001973.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87001249","name":"Henderson Central Business Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/henderson-central-business-historic-district-87001249/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722419","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Fire_Station_and_Municipal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986643"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/henderson-fire-station-and-municipal-building-78001973/"}