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Engine House
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National Register of Historic Places

Engine House

Also known as Auburn Central Fire Station

On the National Register since 197848 years
Listed 1978Auburn
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Engine House

Engine House, at Court and Spring Sts., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978. It was among the first 5 of Auburn’s 25 listings. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. Nine more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isFire station in Maine, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 9 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

Court and Spring Sts., Auburn · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Engine HouseStart here
  2. 2Androscoggin County Courthouse and JailRenaissance Revival · Built 1857 · next door
  3. 3Auburn Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · next door
  4. 4Roak BlockMansard Style · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Edward Little HouseFederal · 0.1 mi on
Around it

27 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BAuburn Public LibraryChateauesque0.1 miBHoratio G. Foss HouseGeorgian0.2 miBA. A. Garcelon HouseQueen Anne · Built 18900.2 miDMain Street Historic DistrictColonial Revival0.2 miBFirst Universalist ChurchGothic Revival0.2 miBFrank L. Dingley HouseSecond Empire0.3 miBHolman Day HouseQueen Anne0.3 miBGrand Trunk Railroad StationBuilding0.4 miBWilliam A. Robinson HouseGothic0.4 miBGay-Munroe HouseLate Victorian0.4 miBCharles L. Cushman HouseQueen Anne0.5 miBF.M. Jordan HouseBuilt 18810.5 miBContinental Mill HousingGreek Revival0.5 miBDominican BlockQueen Anne0.5 miDBates Mill Historic DistrictItalianate0.5 miDLewiston Mills and Water Power System Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miBPilsbury BlockItalianate0.5 miBOdd Fellows BlockHigh Victorian Gothic0.5 mi
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BManufacturer's National BankNeo-Classical0.5 miBFirst McGillicuddy BlockEclectic0.5 miBOsgood BuildingEclectic0.5 miDLewiston Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miBLyceum HallMansard0.5 miBLewiston Trust and Safe Deposit CompanyNeo-Classical0.5 miBUnion BlockItalianate0.5 miBFirst National BankNeo-Classical0.5 miBWebster Grammar SchoolLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.5 mi

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Questions about Engine House

Is Engine House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on May 22, 1978 (Register number 78000156).

Is Engine House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Maine has 41 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Shaker Village, 10.4 miles away.

Can you visit Engine House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Engine House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 9 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 88685284 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.