533 St. Charles Rd., Elgin, Illinois. County/parish: Kane.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 05, 1991. NRIS 91001002.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Fire Barn 5 or Fire Station 5 is a historic building in Elgin, Illinois. It was the fifth official fire barn in Elgin, originally housing horses and a fire fighting carriage. Over the years, the carriage was replaced by automobiles. The building is an example of Classical Revival architecture and operated as a fire station until 1991, the year it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It now functions as the Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 Museum, a museum of firefighting history.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893224