Fire Station No. 23
Located at 225 East 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles, this historic building was constructed in 1910. The building has an unusually narrow structure, only 26 feet (7.9 m) wide but 167 feet (51 m) deep stretching the entire distance from Fifth to Winston Streets. Its interior construction consists of many ornate and fine material imported from abroad, leading to its description in the Angel City Times as “the Taj Mahal of firehouses.”
As an operating fire station, it was headquarters of the LAFD until 1920. The building thereafter served as the residence of every fire chief from its construction until 1928. It remained an active firehouse from until 1960. When it opened, it was manned by fifteen firefighters and ten horses. The original equipment included a horse wagon, chief's buggy, and a pumper that used a vertical tube boiler.
In 1960 the station was closed and the property was purchased Moore & Moore Properties of Pasadena. It is currently leased by Troubleshooters, Inc..
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