Property Record
1827 N 10th St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hose Company No. 3 Fire House |
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| Reference Number: | 128248 |
| Location (Address): | 1827 N 10th St |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 20022021 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan Recommendation write-up: This two-story, former fire station building is constructed of brick and is topped with a flat roof. A three-story hose tower anchors the building at its northwest corner, at the base of which is a human-scale door topped with a transom over which is a raised brick windowhood. A single, double-hung sash window occupies both the second and third levels of the tower. The main block carries a wood-and-glass, overhead garage door while a pair of double-hung sash, each topped with a segmental-arched hood rest along the second floor. An inset near the roofline originally identified this as the home of Hose Company No. 3. Windows along the remainder of the building consist largely of singly arranged, segmental-arched, double-hung sash. This fire station was originally constructed as the home of Hose Company No. 3 and officially opened on 9 February 1904. It was built by Christ Ackermann & Sons and Christ Zelle & Sons. At that time, equipment at the station was limited to a small hose cart. Although initially horse-powered, the station did not immediately have its own horses; however, they were later housed at the east end of the building. The second floor included hay and feed storage, as well as quarters for two men. By 1920, the city fire department was mechanized and the hay and feed area was altered for the expanding number of men on duty. The station continued to function as such until a new station was built at N. 15th and Main streets. The building is now residential in function. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Citations for the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: “Formal Opening of New Fire Station Held Tuesday,” The Sheboygan Press, 10 April 1929, 12; “News and Views: Sheboygan’s North Side Fire Station,” The Sheboygan Press, 26 December 1939, 6; “Fire Chief August Sokoll, “First Sheboygan Paid Fire Company Appointed in ’88,” The Sheboygan Press, 10 August 1953; “Visitor at Station No. 3 Back in 1904 Still Drops In,” The Sheboygan Press, 15 February 1954, 5; Kurt Mueller, “Neighbors Feel Loss as Old Fire Station Abandoned for New,” The Sheboygan Press, 16 November 1990, 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |