photography, fire station, Hanzas street 5 (presently the Latvian Fire Museum), Latvia, 20ties of 20th cent., 8.9x14 cm, On January 1, 1911, the fire station at Hanzas Street 5 was put into operation, with apartments for the fireman, his deputy, the engineer, four coachmen, five married and eight single firefighters, and a stable for ten horses. The depot project was developed by the chief architect of Riga at the time, Reinhold Georgs Schmeling. The building's light plastered exterior walls alternate with red brickwork and an expressive high tiled roof, which is crowned by a dominant hose drying tower with a Baroque-style spire with a weather vane. Such a style has no direct analogues in world history. The depot is part of the architectural heritage of Riga and a Cultural Monument (State Protection of Cultural Monuments No. 8150).
| printed work form: | photography |
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| subject: | fire station |
| title: | Hanzas street 5 (presently the Latvian Fire Museum) |
| country: | Latvia |
| language: | latvian |
| period of impression: | 20ties of 20th cent. |
| dimensions: | 8.9x14 |
| additional information: | On January 1, 1911, the fire station at Hanzas Street 5 was put into operation, with apartments for the fireman, his deputy, the engineer, four coachmen, five married and eight single firefighters, and a stable for ten horses. The depot project was developed by the chief architect of Riga at the time, Reinhold Georgs Schmeling. The building's light plastered exterior walls alternate with red brickwork and an expressive high tiled roof, which is crowned by a dominant hose drying tower with a Baroque-style spire with a weather vane. Such a style has no direct analogues in world history. The depot is part of the architectural heritage of Riga and a Cultural Monument (State Protection of Cultural Monuments No. 8150). |
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