Paintings of Philadelphia Volunteer Firehouses

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Created July 2, 2012

These fifty-five watercolor images by Granville Perkins were probably painted around the 1860's. They are part of the Granville Perkins Collection, which is housed at the Free Library of Philadelphia Print and Picture Department.

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Company	Address	Notes	Image
America Hose House		From a photograph taken in 1861. House torn down in 1864
Brown	1235 N. Front Street
The Columbia Hose House	804 Race Street
Delaware Engine	1841 South Street
Diligent Hose House	Wood above 23rd Street, north side
Diligent Engine House	10th and Filbert street
Empire Hook and Ladder	Franklin above Vine Street
Fairmont Engine House	Ride Road above Vine Street, east side
Fame Hose House	20th and Hand streets, SW corner
Fire House	36th and Mellon street, SE corner
Friendship Hose House	Sepviva and Norris Streets
Good Intent Hose House	Allen Street below Frankford Road
The Good Will Engine House	Good Will Place and Race Street, below Broad St.
Hand Engine & Hose House
Harmony Hose House	Broad & Fitzwater streets, west side
The Hibernia	Evelina Street below 3rd Street, north side
Hope Engine	6th above Catherine streets
Hope House	218 Pine Street
Independence Hose	2023 Spring Garden Street
Lafayette Hose House	827 N. 4th Street	4th above Brown
Mantua Hook and Ladder	41st Street
Marian House	542 Queen Street
Monroe Hose House	Lancaster Pike, Monroe Village, West Philadelphia
Moyamensing Hose House	507 South 8th Street
Neptune Hose House	237 Crown Street
New America Hose House	Jayne below 7th Street
New Shiffler Hose House	Moyamensing Ave. below Dickson Street, east side
Northern Liberty Engine	532 N. Front Street	Front Street below Green.
Northern Liberty Hose	714 New Market Street
Perserverence Hose House	217 Race Street
Philadelphia Engine House	7th and Filbert streets, SE corner
Phoenix Hose House	Filbert above 7th Street, south side
Reliance Hose House	117th and Annita streets., NE corner
Ringgold Hose House	1213 Randolph Street
Robert Morris Hose House	Lombard above 8th Street
Schuylkill Hose and Truck	1227 Locust Street
Shiffler Hose House	130 Reed Street
South Penn Hose House	806 North 10th Street
Southwark Hose House	3rd St. below Lombard Street	1861
Southwark Hose House	512 South 3rd Street
Southwark Hose	1025 South 3rd Street
Spring Garden Engine House	1903 Callowhill Street
Spring Garden House Company	Ridge Ave below Jefferson Street
Taylor Hose House	Hancock St. and Columbia Ave.
Tivoli	2200 Brown Street
Union Engine House	Garden Street north of 35th Street
U.S. Engine	408 Buttonwood Street
The United States Hose	409 Wood Street
Vigilant Engine	Race below 2nd Street, north side
Vigilant Hose House	8th and Eneu streets, SE corner
Washington Engine	1035 Lomard Street
Weccacoe Engine House	Queen below 2nd Street, north side
Western Engine House	Callowhill below 16th Street
West Philadelphia Engine House	37th and Market streets
William Penn Hose House	1129 Frankford Road