Fire_Station_No._1_(Roanoke,_Virginia)
Fire Station No. 1 (Roanoke, Virginia)
United States historic place
Fire Station No. 1 is a former fire station listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Modeled after Philadelphia's Independence Hall,[3][4] Fire Station No. 1 served as one of the longest continuously operating fire stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia from its completion in 1907 through the opening of a replacement facility in 2007.[5][6] Designed by the Lynchburg firm of Huggins and Bates, No. 1 still stands as a monument to the civic pride of early Roanoke.[3] It is located in the Roanoke City Market Historic District.