Camp Curtin Fire Station

In 1908, after an initial two-year dormancy over funding, the Camp Curtin Fire Company No. 13 was formally activated and $2,000 were allocated by Harrisburg City Council for the purchase of the lot on the corner of Sixth and Ross Streets for a one-story frame building.^[3] This was quickly outgrown, and two-story, twin-bay Camp Curtin Fire Station was built in 1910.^[4][5] The rectangular brick building measures 38 by 46 feet (12 by 14 m) and exhibits Italianate style design elements. It features a square wooden bell tower at the center of the front façade. The tower has a hipped, shingled roof and four stilted segmental arches.^[6]

In 1915, residents of Harrisburg's tenth ward petitioned city leaders to fund the purchase of modern fire equipment, including a new chemical engine, citing the lack of sufficient fire protection in their ward and outdated equipment in use at the time by the Camp Curtin Fire Company.^[7]

The station was decommissioned in March 1980, with all apparatus being relocated to the Bureau's Station One.^[3] This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in August 1981.^[1]

In 2019, the Historic Harrisburg Association announced that a medical marijuana dispensary would open in the building, and that the owners planned "to preserve much of the historic building's character and charm." It had previously housed a restaurant serving barbecue.^[2]

• Camp Curtin: Wikipedia page for the Union Army's American Civil War-era recruitment and training camp
• Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Wikipedia page for the Camp Curtin neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Harrisburg School District: Wikipedia page which contains information regarding the Camp Curtin School