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Providence Street Firehouse

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pyramidal roof. It has two garage bays set in rectangular openings, topped by sandstone lintels, with a pedestrian entrance to their right. That entrance has a Beaux Arts style surround, with rosettes decorating the trim elements, and a gabled pediment above. The second floor has four paired sash windows set in rectangular openings. The roof eave is studded with heavy brackets.
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The former Providence Street firehouse stands on the west side of Providence Street, in a predominantly residential area southeast of the city's downtown. It is a 2-1/2 story brick building, rectangular in plan, with a hip roof and a square tower on the north side. The tower is topped by a
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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Engine 12 and Ladder 5 ran out of this station until 2009. Worcester Emergency Medical Services took over the station, providing space for Paramedic 1 and Paramedic 4, and for a training facility.
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and was built in 1899 to serve what was then a rapidly developing neighborhood. Although similar in size and scale to other period firestations in the city, this one is distinctive for its heavy Beaux Arts decoration.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts
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in 1980, now houses Worcester Emergency Medical Services (WEMS).
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is a historic former firestation at 98 Providence Street in
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Providence Street Firehouse is located in Massachusetts
Providence Street Firehouse is located in the United States
Worcester, Massachusetts
42°15′4″N 71°47′36″W / 42.25111°N 71.79333°W / 42.25111; -71.79333
Earle & Fisher
Classical Revival
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Worcester MRA
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Worcester, Massachusetts
Beaux Arts
National Register of Historic Places
Earle & Fisher
National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts



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