Fire Barn 5
Illinois, US
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 op
erated 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.
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- Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum musei
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- Elgin National Watch Company monumenti · 0.8 km away
- First Universalist Church chiese · 1 km away
- Elgin Public Museum musei · 2 km away
- Hemmens Cultural Center theatre · 2 km away
- Fox River Trolley Museum musei · 5 km away
- James "Pate" Philip State Park monumenti · 5 km away