Fire Station No. 2 (Topeka, Kansas)

The Fire Station No. 2 in Topeka, Kansas, at 719-723 Van Buren, is a fire station which was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Fire Station No. 2-Topeka.[1]

Fire Station No. 2-Topeka
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	719-723 Van Buren, Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates	39°03′07″N 95°40′35″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1927
Architect	Thomas Wilson Williamson
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000715[1]
Added to NRHP	July 3, 2002

It was designed by architect Thomas Wilson Williamson in 1927 to serve as Topeka's Fire Department Headquarters and as fire station for Company No. 2. It is a two-and-a-half-story building with elements of Mediterranean Revival style (within broader Spanish Colonial Revival style) including its wrought iron balcony railings and its Spanish tile roof. Its modern features included a 60 feet (18 m) high fire drill tower, which was removed in 1967, and a fire alarm center.[2]

It was remodeled in 1979 to serve as the Topeka Emergency Communication Center (TECOM), Topeka's then-new combined fire and police dispatch and 911 center.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Brenda R. Spencer (February 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fire Station No. 2". National Park Service. Retrieved October 17, 2018. With accompanying 24 photos from 2002 and one from 1960s