{"nrhp_refnum":"90001434","name":"Mechanics Engine House No. 4","other_names":["Fire Engine Company House No. 4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"950 Third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Bibb County","state":"GA","lat":32.828862127000036,"lon":-83.63269493499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate firehouse at 950 Third Street in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, built around 1870 by the City of Macon for a volunteer fire company, with a one-story rear wing added around 1905.","why_significant":"It is described as the only intact 19th-century firehouse remaining in Macon and a good example of a late 19th-century masonry firehouse with a hose tower and large arched engine entrance. It also represents the city's fire department and the shift from volunteer to paid crews and from hand engines to steam and motorized equipment. It was used as a city firehouse until 1930.","narrative":"Built around 1870 by the City of Macon, this two-story brick firehouse at 950 Third Street first served the Mechanics No. 4 volunteer company, formed in 1868 by machinists and iron workers from nearby factories. It has Italianate details: corbeled brick cornices, arched windows with decorative crowns, masonry arcading, gabled parapets, and a square hose tower with a wrought-iron grid in its opening. A wide round-arched entrance, framed by brick voussoirs and quoins, once let the engine out. In 1890 the company became the paid Fire Engine Company No. 4, and the building served as a city firehouse until 1930. A one-story rear addition dates to about 1905. The building is recognized as the only intact 19th-century firehouse left in Macon and as a clear example of how cities designed public firehouses in the late 1800s. It also reflects the change from volunteer to paid firefighting and from hand pumpers to steam and motor engines.","period_of_significance":"C. 1870-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitation work was under way, with missing windows and doors replaced and the first-floor arched entrance uncovered; the first floor has been divided into offices. Current function is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.272153-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/90001434.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001434/1c1e9381cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001434/1c1e9381cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Timkemp","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mechanics_Engine_House_No._4.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Timkemp</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:Mechanics_Engine_House_No._4.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74000658","name":"Macon Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/macon-historic-district-74000658/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207055","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanics_Engine_House_No._4","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60747662"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bibb-county/mechanics-engine-house-no-4-90001434/"}