Engine House No. 6 (Columbus, Ohio)

Engine House No. 6
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Location540 W. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39°57′38.531″N 83°0′54.068″W / 39.96070306°N 83.01501889°W / 39.96070306; -83.01501889
AreaLess than one acre
Built1892
ArchitectJohn Flynn
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.16000595[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 2016

Engine House No. 6, also known as the East Franklinton Engine House, is a former Columbus Fire Department station in the East Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The building was constructed in 1892, designed in the Romanesque Revival style by John Flynn. The station was decommissioned in 1966, and served as an electronics store from 1975 to 2014. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016, accompanying planned renovations. The station has been planned to be sold since about 2016, originally to the Columbus Historical Society and Heritage Ohio, though the latter organization now plans to move to the Ohio History Center. The historical society acquired the building in November 2021, and is restoring it with plans to turn it into the city's first permanent local history museum.

The station is one of two remaining Columbus fire stations designed by Flynn, and one of seven 1890s fire stations remaining in the city.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.