Houston Heights Fire Station

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Houston Heights Fire Station
Houston Heights Fire Station - The former city hall and fire station of the Houston Heights - Formerly Fire Station 14
Houston Heights Fire Station is located in Texas
Houston Heights Fire Station
Houston Heights Fire Station is located in the United States
Houston Heights Fire Station
LocationYale and 12th Sts., Houston, Texas
Coordinates29°47′33″N 95°23′56″W / 29.79250°N 95.39889°W / 29.79250; -95.39889
Arealess than one acre
Built1914
ArchitectAlonzo C. Pigg
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Other, Jacobethan Revival
MPSHouston Heights MRA
NRHP reference No.83004461[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1983

The Houston Heights Fire Station is a building located at 12th Street and Yale Street in Houston Heights, Houston, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in block #186.[2]

It is a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) building constructed as Houston Heights' city hall and jail, and fire station in 1914. After annexation, it served as a city of Houston fire station from 1918 until 1995. It was Fire Station 14. The Houston Heights Association took a 30-year lease on the property from the city and refurbished the property.[3] By December 2009 the former city hall was for sale.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Harris County Block Book Map Volume 20 Page 182. Houston Heights Block 186 (JPG and PDF). Southern part marked as City of Houston, corresponds with the location of the station.
  3. ^ "HHA PROPERTIES- FIRE STATION." Houston Heights. Accessed October 22, 2008.
  4. ^ Sarnoff, Nancy. "Lakewood may buy former Compaq Center." Houston Chronicle. December 3, 2009. Retrieved on December 4, 2009.