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Fire Station No. 2 (Topeka, Kansas)

1927 establishments in KansasFire stations completed in 1927Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in KansasKansas Registered Historic Place stubsMediterranean Revival architecture
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The Fire Station No. 2 in Topeka, Kansas, at 719-723 Van Buren, is a fire station which was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Fire Station No. 2-Topeka.It was designed by architect Thomas Wilson Williamson in 1927 to serve as Topeka's Fire Department Headquarters and as fire station for Company No. 2. It is a two-and-a-half-story building with elements of Mediterranean Revival style (within broader Spanish Colonial Revival style) including its wrought iron balcony railings and its Spanish tile roof. Its modern features included a 60 feet (18 m) high fire drill tower, which was removed in 1967, and a fire alarm center.It was remodeled in 1979 to serve as the Topeka Emergency Communication Center (TECOM), Topeka's then-new combined fire and police dispatch and 911 center.

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Fire Station No. 2 (Topeka, Kansas)
Southwest Van Buren Street, Topeka

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Southwest Van Buren Street 614
66603 Topeka
Kansas, United States
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