San Francisco Points of Interest

Engine Company No. 27
25 January 2016
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Engine Company No. 27
52 Waller Street
Built 1886

This simple one-story building was originally a Corporate Yard used to store Fire Department apparatus and supplies.

In 1893, it was converted to a stable for the firehorses of Engine Company 19.

The building survived the 1906 Earthquake and Fire with minor damage.

In 1916, Engine Company 19 was disbanded and replaced by motorized Engine Company No. 27 with their 1914 American LaFrance Type 21 steam engine.

In 1942, Auxiliary Engine Company 6 was assigned here.

In 1950, after Engine Companies 6 and 27 moved to new quarters on Sanchez Street, this building was sold at public auction by the City and County of San Francisco. When we photographed it in 2016, it housed a private school.

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. 25, 3305 Third Street
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.

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