Palmer Fire School

Palmer Fire School

Palmer Fire School, January 2005
Location 2601 E. Seventh St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°26′15″N 82°13′45″W / 35.43750°N 82.22917°W / 35.43750; -82.22917Coordinates: 35°26′15″N 82°13′45″W / 35.43750°N 82.22917°W / 35.43750; -82.22917
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1938 (1938), 1940
Built by City of Charlotte Engineering Dept.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 04000906[1]
Added to NRHP August 25, 2004

Palmer Fire School, also known as Firemen's Hall, is a historic school complex for firefighters located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The complex consists of the 1940, one-story, rock-faced assembly hall and the 1938, six-story, red-brick training tower. The assembly hall is a Late Gothic Revival style building, five bays wide with a stuccoed, crenellated parapet and projecting end bays. Its construction was funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and was the only drill school for firemen funded by the WPA.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Mattson, Alexander & Associates, Inc. (February 2004). "Palmer Fire School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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