{"nrhp_refnum":"92000492","name":"Maywood Fire Department Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"511 St. Charles Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maywood","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.88822172500005,"lon":-87.84005235799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story buff-brick fire station built in 1904 at 511 St. Charles Road, at the corner of 5th Avenue, in the center of Maywood, Cook County, Illinois. It is a narrow rectangular building with a stepped front gable and a hose drying tower.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets Criterion C as the most architecturally significant municipal building in Maywood. It blends Victorian picturesqueness with the literal historicism that followed the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, in the storefront type of firehouse. It was also the village's first public fire station and its oldest building associated with fire prevention.","narrative":"Built in 1904 at the corner of 5th Avenue and St. Charles Road, this two-story buff-brick firehouse served as Maywood's first public fire station. Before it opened, firefighting relied on volunteers, with equipment scattered around the village and a horse-drawn wagon kept at an undertaker's. Village leaders then chose to build a station, buy horses and hire a full-time fireman. The building follows the storefront firehouse type: a narrow, three-bay front, apparatus on the ground floor and sleeping quarters above. Its corbelled, stepped gable reflects Dutch influence, while red brick bands and wood oriel windows recall the Queen Anne houses common in Maywood in the 1890s. A square hose drying tower rises at the rear. Inside, the original pressed metal ceiling, two fire poles and exposed brick walls survive. The building is now used for professional offices. It was listed for its architecture and its high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Dutch Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now used for professional offices; the second floor has been partitioned into offices, while the original finishes, fire poles and hose drying tower remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.384561-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/8908/28890805/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/92000492.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000492/8202c8ea45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000492/8202c8ea45-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JPSousa","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maywood_Fire_Department_Bldg_2012-09-05_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">JPSousa</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:Maywood_Fire_Department_Bldg_2012-09-05_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28890805","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maywood_Fire_Department_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60747666"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/maywood-fire-department-building-92000492/"}