Fire alarm station, exterior
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Coordinates 37.546573, -77.449164
Direction 292° (W)
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Source:
Library of Virginia
Collection:
Carneal and Johnston Negative Collection
Date:
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Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection)
Description:
Presentation drawing of a proposed fire alarm station. Location not given. Designated in original Carneal & Johnston negative index as "Fire alarm station (old)". | Lab# 10_0038_CJ_187
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By:
John Pole
Date:
Dec 2, 2025
Total:
1 submission
Confidence:
Medium
Validations:
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Notes:

A couple clues justify this pin, even though the final building looks a bit different than this sketch.

  1. #192 and #6310 both show the actual Fire Alarm House that was added to Monroe Park.
  2. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=267305 says "In 1923 the City built a signal station for police and fire alarms within the park at the intersection of Belvidere and Franklin streets." which jives with the timeline of this sketch and the following
  3. List of Carneal and Johnston construction projects includes the Monroe Park Fire Signal Station. https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02751.xml
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Georeferenced by John Pole
Dec 2, 2025 9:37 AM
37.546573, -77.449164
292°
Medium Confidence
0 validations

A couple clues justify this pin, even though the final building looks a bit different than this sketch.

  1. #192 and #6310 both show the actual Fire Alarm House that was added to Monroe Park.
  2. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=267305 says "In 1923 the City built a signal station for police and fire alarms within the park at the intersection of Belvidere and Franklin streets." which jives with the timeline of this sketch and the following
  3. List of Carneal and Johnston construction projects includes the Monroe Park Fire Signal Station. https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi02751.xml
Comment by John Pole
Dec 2, 2025 9:40 AM

I also meant to include the statue in the back left of the image could very well correspond to https://yesterdays.maprva.org/subjects/statue-of-joseph-bryan/ which would be visible in the background of the Monroe Park building