{"nrhp_refnum":"81000541","name":"Camp Curtin Fire Station","other_names":["See Also:Harrisburg Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2504 N. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrisburg","county":"Dauphin County","state":"PA","lat":40.287061408000056,"lon":-76.89391264299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick fire station at 2504 North Sixth Street in the Tenth Ward of uptown Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was built to house horse-drawn pumpers and has a wooden bell tower over the center of its front facade.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is a well-preserved example of a neighborhood fire station with an Italianate style, showing the persistence of that style into the early 20th century. It cites its rare Flemish bond brickwork on the original facade and side walls, and its original tin ceiling and horse-drawn pumper floor details. The reviewers accepted it as representing the development of municipal fire facilities at the turn of the century.","narrative":"A two-story brick fire station at 2504 North Sixth Street in uptown Harrisburg, built in 1910 to house horse-drawn pumpers. Its front facade is symmetrical, with three recessed vertical panels, two arched engine openings, a central entrance in each panel, and stone panels carved with the date 1906 and the name of the station. A square wooden bell tower rises over the center of the front roof. The brick is laid in Flemish bond on the front and sides, which is uncommon among the city's brick buildings. The rear wall and hose tower are later additions in stretcher bond, dated by informants to around 1928 to 1929. The first floor retains a painted pressed-tin ceiling and grid patterns scored into the concrete floor to give horses footing. The building is one of eight fire stations in the city and is cited as a clear example of the Italianate style in municipal architecture of the period.","period_of_significance":"1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"The first floor still stores fire engines and retains its original tin ceiling; the second floor living quarters are modernized, particularly the kitchen.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.087695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/81000541.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000541/1f8bcd134e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000541/1f8bcd134e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Penndyl","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CampCurtinFireStation2023.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Penndyl</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CampCurtinFireStation2023.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995765","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Curtin_Fire_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5027106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/dauphin-county/camp-curtin-fire-station-81000541/"}