{"nrhp_refnum":"82000968","name":"Engine House No. 18","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2616 S. Hobart Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.03228775000008,"lon":-118.30758798099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Other","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Mission Revival fire station at 2616 South Hobart Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, built by the City of Los Angeles in 1904-1905 and designed by architect John Parkinson with Henry R. Angelo as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent, virtually unaltered example of Mission Revival civic architecture and one of the oldest remaining City of Los Angeles fire stations. It was John Parkinson's first major public commission and one of the last buildings he designed entirely himself. It was built as part of a Fire Department expansion into outlying residential districts, using fire-resistant construction.","narrative":"Engine House No. 18 is a small Mission Revival fire station on a residential street of bungalows in Los Angeles, just south of the Adams Boulevard commercial strip. Built by the city between 1904 and 1905 and placed in commission in April 1906, it cost $7,405. Architect John Parkinson designed it with whitewashed stucco over masonry, two tiled octagonal towers, and a scalloped parapet. Its tile roofing and chemically treated wood reflected his expertise in fireproof construction. It was part of a Fire Department expansion to improve protection in outlying neighborhoods, and it first housed steam-powered engines; the department did not fully motorize until 1921. It was Parkinson's first major public commission, and only a spire has been lost from the original design. At the time of listing the building stood vacant and had suffered vandalism, and it was considered at risk of sale and demolition. It remains one of few fire stations surviving from the horse-and-carriage era.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"John Parkinson (architect); Henry R. Angelo (builder)","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant and city-owned; threatened by vandalism and possible sale and demolition. Doors are boarded in part, some window panes are missing, and graffiti is present.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.904264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82000968.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000968/a8ad78ff34-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82000968/a8ad78ff34-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engine_House_No._18,_Los_Angeles.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</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:Engine_House_No._18,_Los_Angeles.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859089","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_House_No._18_(Los_Angeles,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5377715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/engine-house-no-18-82000968/"}