Engine 23 ca. 1910#23 Engine House crew, 7/23/25Engine 23Engine 23

Located at 2119 G Street, NW, the firehouse for Engine 23 is the District’s narrowest firehouse.

It was designed by architects Hornblower and Marshall in an Arts and Crafts interpretation of the Italian Renaissance revival style and built in 1910. The images above show the Engine company shortly after the firehouse was completed, again on July 23, 1925, and today. Below is another image from 1925.

#23 Engine House crew, 7/23/25

Kent Boese posts items of historic interest, primarily within the District. He’s worked in libraries since 1994, both federal and law, and currently works on K Street. He’s been an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner serving the northern Columbia Heights and Park View neighborhoods since 2011 (ANC 1A), and served as the Commission’s Chair since 2013. He has a MS in Design from Arizona State University with strong interests in preservation, planning, and zoning. Kent is also the force behind the blog Park View, DC.