{"nrhp_refnum":"95000027","name":"Steamer Company Number 5","other_names":["VDHR No. 127-370"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 W. Marshall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54771820900004,"lon":-77.44290690199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick former fire station and police station at 200 West Marshall Street in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1883 on a triangular lot at Marshall Street and Brook Road. It now houses a museum of fire and police history.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a late, richly decorated Italianate municipal building that fits the surrounding Jackson Ward neighborhood. It was unique among Richmond firehouses for combining a fire station with a police station house and cell block, and it is described as the best-preserved example. Its interior preserves traces of horse-drawn fire fighting, and its pressed-metal and cast-iron work is highlighted as exceptional.","narrative":"Built in 1883 at the angled intersection of Marshall Street and Brook Road in Richmond, this two-story brick building served as a fire station until 1968. Its triangular plan fit the lot and gave horse-drawn steam engines room to maneuver toward Broad Street. The walls are stucco scored to look like stone, over a granite foundation, and the Italianate details include a pressed-metal bracketed cornice, window and door hoods, a belt course, and a cast-iron balcony railing between two projecting bays. Uniquely among Richmond firehouses, the upper floor held a police station house with four cells, which remained until 1898. Floor markings still show where horse stalls and a feed room stood, and brass sliding poles and pressed-tin ceilings survive. A rear addition was built later, and a bell tower has been lost. After the fire company moved in 1968, the building served as a community center, was sold in 1976, and now operates as a fire and police museum.","period_of_significance":"1883-1944","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a museum of police and fire fighting history; described as in excellent structural condition with relatively few alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.893495-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6831/41683147/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/95000027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000027/4796fc7440-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000027/4796fc7440-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Eli Pousson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steamer_Company_No.5.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eli Pousson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steamer_Company_No.5.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683147","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamer_Company_Number_5","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7605457"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/steamer-company-number-5-95000027/"}