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Engine No. 1 — Firehouse

One of the original Fire Houses in the city, it used horse-drawn equipment and was built in 1868. It was ironically destroyed by the 1906 fire and was rebuilt in 1909 by architect Newton J. Tharp as a two-story building with large arched entrance. The new architecture was heavily influenced by the "City Beautiful" movement.

Address
451 Pacific Ave
Getting there
between Montgomery St and Samaome St

Listing from Wikivoyage: San Francisco/Chinatown-North Beach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.