Engine Company 26
Engine Company 26 is a fire station in Washington, D.C., built in 1908 with Tudor Revival style architecture. The building at 2715 22nd Street, NE, features small windows, brickwork, and traditional timber framing details that give it the appearance of a sixteenth-century English home.
The station opened in 1908 to serve the Langdon community, which lacked fire hydrants and initially operated as Chemical Company No. 3. It closed and relocated in 1940 when the fire department reorganized and moved its operations to a new location on Rhode Island Avenue.
The building was founded as Chemical Company No. 3 to serve the Langdon community, which sat outside the city's main fire protection system. Local residents asked for better fire safety, and the neighborhood developed around this important service.
The building is located in the quiet Langdon neighborhood and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors can view the historic architecture from outside and walk the surrounding streets to see other structures from the same period.
The building was initially designed as a chemical company rather than a typical fire station because the area had no fire hydrant systems. After closing, the city planned to turn it into a library, but local residents suggested a community center instead, before it was ultimately sold to a church.
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