Old (Mobile) Fire House, 1823

Old (Mobile) Fire House, 1823

Architectural drawings; Watercolors; Fire stations; Wooden buildings; Doors & doorways; Windows; Shutters; Porches; Columns; Balconies; Hand railings; Ironwork; Roofs; Streets; Carriages & coaches; Men; Women; Trees

This image is a watercolor painting of an old fire house in Mobile, Alabama done by Darcy Tatum, Jr. sometime between 1917 and 1942. The fire house was built in 1823. The painting shows the front exterior of the firehouse with its doors, windows, shutters, columned porch, balcony with iron railing, and peaked roof with the number "5." The firehouse is situated on a street with buildings on either side and a tree in the background. There is a horse-drawn carriage with driver, two men and a woman on the street. The firehouse is placed within framing art showing its architectural features including close-ups of the door and iron railing, a floor plan and various scales. In the lower right corner, there is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp with a handwritten inscription "2nd Medal." The painting is in good condition with minor edge wear and is encapsulated.

Tatum, Darcy, Jr. (rendering); Unknown (building)

Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Dept. Architecture, School of -- Architectural Renderings Student Projects

Auburn University Libraries

ca. 1917-1942

1823-01-01

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Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/item/al0609/ ; Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Firehouse_No._5

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English

Still image

RG457_014.pdf

Mobile -- Mobile County -- Alabama ; 7 North Lawrence Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL (between St. Francis and Dauphin Streets; off Government Street)

watercolor painting

133 x 98 cm