🏛️ Fire Barn 5 (Elgin, Illinois)

United States · Americas · 42.03°N, 88.27°W

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.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	42.03°N, 88.27°W · view on map

Fire Barn 5 (Elgin, Illinois) is located in United States, in Americas.

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