Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 is a historic firehouse located at 420 Broad Street in Nevada City, California. Built in 1860–61, the firehouse was the first built in Nevada City. At the time, Nevada City had two factions competing for public funds for a firehouse: the Broad Street fire company and a group based on Main Street. While the Main Street company officially organized a day before the Broad Street company, the Broad Street firehouse had more private funding and was completed first, and hence Firehouse No. 2 became the first in the city. The firehouse features a two-story portico in front and a Greek Revival cornice.[2]
The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1974.[1] It is now operated by the Nevada County Historical Society as a museum of local history.
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The firehouse as it appeared in 1936.
The firehouse in 2012
Nevada City Firehouse No. 1 is a similarly built building
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