Fire Station 2

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    In a collaboration with Janusz Designs and Metalab, 317 Sampson Street is a renovation of the original Houston Fire Department building, known as Engine House No. 2, into a residence. This two story brick Firestation, built in 1910, was designed to house fire wagons, horses, pump stations, and other firefighting equipment. The building has a rusticated cast concrete base with load bearing brick masonry walls. A red #2 has been installed at the parapet of the front façade, replicated from images provide by the Houston Fire Museum. On the inside, the main Engine Hall features 14 foot ceilings clad in beadboard, and is supported by a central wood beam and wood columns. There are two original firepole locations, now outfitted with salvaged brass poles from an octagonal firehouse in Massachusetts.