{"nrhp_refnum":"92000200","name":"Abilene Fire Station No. 2","other_names":["4917"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"441 Butternut","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.445016828000064,"lon":-99.73717815999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-23","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 441 Butternut in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, built in 1926 for the city. The architect and builder are not named.","why_significant":"It is described as Abilene's best and least altered example of a local government building and the only city fire station that retains its integrity. It reflects the city's effort to provide fire protection during the 1920s boom, including service south of the railroad tracks.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at 441 Butternut in Abilene, this two-story load-bearing brick building served as a city fire station. Large Tudor arches with double wood doors and cast stone hood moldings mark the first floor of the west front, while the second floor has paired and tripartite one-over-one windows trimmed with buff brick in an in-and-out bond pattern. A cast stone cornice and a brick parapet with cast stone coping finish the top. The interior stairwell and fire pole remain. The city built it for $10,565 on the south side of the Texas and Pacific Railway tracks, because the tracks hindered traffic from the main station on Cedar. Of four historic Abilene fire stations, only two still stand, and the other is heavily altered and now a residence. This station was listed for its architecture as the city's best and least altered local government building. It now operates as a specialty store but keeps its historic character.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Converted from a firehouse to a specialty store; it retains its historic interior and exterior, including the stairwell and fire pole.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.905891-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/9700/40970042/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000200.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000200/f884bec140-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000200/f884bec140-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AbileneFireStation2_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:AbileneFireStation2_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970042","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_Fire_Station_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59155472"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/abilene-fire-station-no-2-92000200/"}