Nevada City Firehouse No. 2


Nevada City Firehouse No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The firehouse as part of an ensemble of buildings on the upper part of Broad Street in 2020.
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Location	420 Broad Street, Nevada City, California
Coordinates	39°15′47″N 121°1′9″W / 39.26306°N 121.01917°W / 39.26306; -121.01917
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1860
Architectural style	Neoclassical-Greek Revival style
NRHP reference No.	74000544^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 3, 1974

Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 is a historic firehouse located at 420 Broad Street in Nevada City, California. Built in 1860–61, the firehouse was the first built in Nevada City. At the time, Nevada City had two factions competing for public funds for a firehouse: the Broad Street fire company and a group based on Main Street. While the Main Street company officially organized a day before the Broad Street company, the Broad Street firehouse had more private funding and was completed first, and hence Firehouse No. 2 became the first in the city. The firehouse features a two-story portico in front and a Greek Revival cornice.^[2]

The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1974.^[1] It is now operated by the Nevada County Historical Society as a museum of local history.

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The firehouse as it appeared in 1936.
The firehouse in 2012
Nevada City Firehouse No. 1 is a similarly built building

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Lewis, Mrs. Leland S. (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Nevada City Firehouse #2". National Park Service. Retrieved March 2, 2015. Accompanied by a photograph.

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Media related to Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 at Wikimedia Commons
Historic Firehouse No. 1 Museum - Nevada County Historical Society
Nevada City Fire Department

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