{"nrhp_refnum":"80000553","name":"Providence Street Firehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"98 Providence St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worcester","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.25118624700008,"lon":-71.79283871999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half storey brick fire station at 100 Providence Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, built in 1899-1900 and designed by Earle & Fisher for the City of Worcester.","why_significant":"The firehouse is notable for its heavy Beaux Arts classical trim, including an entry set in an eared architrave with rosettes and a pediment, which is unusual among firehouses of its period. It was built to serve the residential areas of Union Hill and housed Hose Company No. 8, formed around 1876. The form checks architecture as its theme.","narrative":"Built in 1899-1900 at 100 Providence Street in Worcester, this two-and-one-half storey brick firehouse was designed by the architects Earle & Fisher for the City of Worcester. It has a rectangular floor plan and a square-plan tower on its north wall, and a slate roof. Its scale and plan resemble other firehouses of the period, but its heavy Beaux Arts classical trim sets it apart. The entry sits in an eared architrave with rosettes and a pediment, and the second-storey windows, which keep their original sash, are framed in heavy sandstone architraves. The building was erected to serve the residential neighborhoods that developed in Union Hill in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it was designed for Hose Company No. 8, which had been formed around 1876. It remains a fire station owned by the city and has been recently restored, with its condition described as excellent.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Earle & Fisher","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recently restored and in excellent condition; still used as a fire station.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:54.548603-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7928/63792819/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/80000553.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000553/bff2ed0c79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000553/bff2ed0c79-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Providence_St._Firehouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</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:Providence_St._Firehouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792819","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_Street_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7252485"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/providence-street-firehouse-80000553/"}