NoeHill in San Francisco
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22 December 2011
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798 Wisconsin Street
Built 1914
This two-story brick structure, designed by John Reid Jr., is still in service
Battalion 10 was stationed here from 1918 to 1926 when it relocated down the hill to Engine Company 16 in Dogpatch.
In 1952, Auxiliary Engine Company No. 25 was organized and stationed here until it was disbanded in 1974.
In 1974, the company was renumbered from 48 to 37, the current nomenclature.
With an interior newly refurbished in 1996, this house merges the most modern fire apparatus with the style and workmanship of a facade
embellished with intricate terra cotta detail used in by-gone days.
The firehouse is located atop Potrero Hill and has a fabulous view of
downtown San Francisco. On quiet summer evenings the sounds of the screaming faithful San Francisco Giant fans can be heard from Pac Bell
Park.
On clear nights, when the San Francisco fog is not present, the company can watch the progress being made at 3rd or 4th alarms of
fire in the Financial District. If the Chief of Department would only pull a 5th alarm, then the crew of Engine 37 could get in on
the action.
(Source: GuardiansofTheCity.org)
Vintage San Francisco Firehouses
- Engine Company No. 1, 451 Pacific Avenue
- Engine Company No. 2, 460 Bush Street
- Engine Company No. 7, 3160 16th Street
- Engine Company No. 8, 1648 Pacific Avenue
- Engine Company No. 9 and Fire Boat House, Pier 22½, Embarcadero at Harrison
- Engine Company No. 13, 1458 Valencia Street
- Engine Company No. 14, 1051 McAllister Street
- Engine Company No. 16, 909 Tennessee Street
- Engine Company No. 21, 1152 Oak Street
- Engine Company No. 22, 1348 10th Avenue
- Engine Company No. 23, 3022 Washington Street
- Engine Company No. 24, 100 Hoffman Avenue
- Engine Company No. 27, 52 Waller Street
- Engine Company No. 30, 1757 Waller Street
- Engine Company No. 31, 1088 Green Street
- Engine Company No. 33, 117 Broad Street
- Engine Company No. 37, 2501 25th Street
- Engine Company No. 40, 1249 Clayton Street
- Engine Company No. 43, 724 Brazil Avenue
- Engine Company No. 44, 3816 22nd Street
- Engine Company No. 47, 1298 Girard Street
- Engine Company No. 48, 798 Wisconsin Street
- Dennis T Sullivan Memorial Fire Chief's Home
- Pumping Station No. 2
- Underwriter's Fire Patrol, 147 Natoma Street
GuardiansofTheCity.org is the definitive Web guide to San Francisco firehouses, both vintage and modern.