{"nrhp_refnum":"80003604","name":"Franklin Hose Company No. 28","other_names":["Harmony Engine Company No. 6"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"730-732 S. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94198096000008,"lon":-75.16618667699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick firehouse with granite ashlar facing and a full mansard roof at 730-32 South Broad Street in Philadelphia. It was erected around 1849 and substantially remodeled in 1867-68.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be one of the few surviving monuments in Philadelphia to the city's volunteer fire protection tradition. It housed the Franklin Hose Company, which merged with the older Harmony Fire Company, and it is described as the last such firehouse built before the municipal fire department was created in 1871.","narrative":"A four-story brick firehouse with granite ashlar facing and a full mansard roof stands at 730-32 South Broad Street in Philadelphia. It was erected around 1849 by the Franklin Hose Company, which moved there that year after first operating on South Street from 1838. In 1867 the Franklin Company acquired the charter of the older Harmony Fire Company, took its name, and remodeled the building, including a new facade, in 1867-68. The ground floor has four arched openings divided by granite pilasters, with a semihexagonal bay projecting at the second story. The Harmony Fire Company was founded in 1784, and volunteer companies like it were replaced by a municipal fire department in 1871. The building is significant as one of the few surviving reminders of that volunteer fire protection tradition in the city.","period_of_significance":"c. 1849-1868","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Described as deteriorated but structurally sound, with upper floor openings sealed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.340914-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003604.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003604/aa8983c55a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003604/aa8983c55a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:728-32_S_Broad.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:728-32_S_Broad.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997408","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Hose_Company_No._28","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5491583"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/franklin-hose-company-no-28-80003604/"}