Broad Ripple Firehouse-Indianapolis Fire Department Station 32, Historic fire station in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Broad Ripple Firehouse-Indianapolis Fire Department Station 32 is a fire station building with Tudor Revival style located at the corner of Guilford Avenue and East Westfield Boulevard. The structure features yellow brick and stucco walls, a steep roof with dormer windows, and a distinctive double-peaked center gable that gives it a cottage-like appearance.
The firehouse was built in 1922 as a 1+1⁄2-story, cross-plan, Tudor Revival building of brown brick, with a jerkinhead roof, deep overhanging eaves and a double-peaked, half-timbered gable. An addition followed in 1980. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The station's Tudor Revival design, with its jerkinhead roof and half-timbered gable, was chosen so the firehouse would fit among the small bungalows of Broad Ripple. It has served the neighbourhood as a working fire station since 1922, and a 1980 addition extended the original building.
The firehouse stands at the corner of Guilford Avenue and East Westfield Boulevard in Broad Ripple, on a brown brick cross-plan footprint with a jerkinhead roof and deep overhanging eaves. Visitors view the exterior from the public sidewalk; the 1980 addition sits alongside the 1922 original, so compare the two sections to see how the building grew.
The 1922 building is 1+1⁄2 stories tall with a cross plan, brown brick walls, and a jerkinhead roof with deep overhanging eaves. Its double-peaked, half-timbered gable is the detail to look for. A 1980 addition extended the station, and the National Register listing came in 2011.
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