# Engine Company 17

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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Engine Company 17
| nrhp_type    = 
| image        = Engine Company 17 DC.jpg
| caption      = Firehouse in 2010
| location     = 1235 Monroe St. NE, [Washington, District of Columbia](/source/Washington%2C_District_of_Columbia)
| coordinates  = {{coord|38|56|3|N|76|59|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = United States District of Columbia street
| built        = 1902
| architect    = [Snowden Ashford](/source/Snowden_Ashford)
| architecture = Italianate
| added        = June 6, 2007
| area         = less than one acre
| mpsub        = Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
| refnum       = 07000538<ref name="nris">{{NRISref |refnum=07000538|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}

'''Engine Company No. 17''' also known as Chemical Company No. 4 and the [Brookland](/source/Brookland_(Washington%2C_D.C.)) Firehouse, is a historic firehouse located at 1227 Monroe Street, NE, Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dcfire.com/custom.html?id=8041 |title=DCFD Company History |access-date=2011-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426063020/http://dcfire.com/custom.html?id=8041 |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was constructed in 1902 and housed an early “chemical company” which fought fires in outlying districts using large soda-acid extinguishers rather than using steam pumpers on the unreliable municipal water supply.  
The firehouse was innovative at the time of its construction, having a built-in electrical system, and it was designed to make use of the new [call box](/source/call_box) system installed in the neighborhood. It was officially designated Engine Company 17 in 1905.

It is built in the [Romanesque Revival](/source/Romanesque_Revival) style with an asymmetrical design with both load-bearing masonry and structural iron.  It was likely designed by Municipal Architect John B. Brady.  In 2007 the building was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) as part of the Firehouses of Washington DC MPS.<ref>[http://www.dcpreservation.org/pdf/HistoricSitesInventory2009.pdf DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES, 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318224317/http://www.dcpreservation.org/pdf/HistoricSitesInventory2009.pdf |date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:Fire stations completed in 1902
Category:Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Category:Italianate architecture in Washington, D.C.
Category:1902 establishments in Washington, D.C.

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