(Former) Engine Company 27

Landmark Context

(Former) Engine Company 27 is tied to 1244 N Wells St in the city's landmark file. Even in summary form, the record keeps together a construction date of 1874 and credits 1874; 1907 (add.) Board of Public Works. It was designated on October 1, 2003. (Former) Engine Company 27 already ties public architecture, municipal service, and civic identity to one real building before archival digging begins.

(Former) Engine Company 27 becomes easier to read on site when attention turns to formal entries, symbols, and public-facing rooms, how the building meets its block or civic setting, and later reuse, additions, or security changes. That kind of reading often reveals how a public building continues to shape civic memory even after its original service role changes.

Research Starting Points

(Former) Engine Company 27 can be checked against city reports and planning records, permit files and photographs, and newspaper coverage and civic histories when the designation summary runs out. That is where early landmark facts begin to connect to a fuller chronology of change, use, and interpretation.

(Former) Engine Company 27 gives later fieldwork and archives a stable site to keep circling back to.