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MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
55 Capitol Street
State House Station 65
Augusta, Maine OU33
August 27,1985
Joan woodcock, Chairman
Bangor Historic Preservation Commission
225 Cedar Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
'Deal Joan:
In response to your recent request, I have reviewed the
Montgomery Street Fire Station. I concur with the Commission
that this building is of such architectural significance for
the community to merit its designation as a local landmark.
If I can be of further assistance concerning this matter,
please do not hesitate to let me know.
Sincerely,
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Montgomery street Fire Station
The Montgomery Street Fire Station was built in 1902 to plans by the
prolific Bangor architect, Wilfred E. Mansur; in the same year, Mansur's
Penobscot County Courthouse was constructed.
Of brick with stucco and granite trim, it uses Mansur•s wan developed
Colonial Revival or claesicizing vocabulary, with overtones of the Romanesque
Revival in the �ible round -head engine doors. Mansur had a weakness for the
Romanesque add some of his best and most expressive buildings, e.g., the
Bangor Theological Seminary Gyawasick, are in that style. Originally. the
flavine slated base at the hip of the station roof supported a neo -Federal
belfry and cupola, like the ones Mansur designed for the Columbia Street
Baptist Church, also in 1902. This base is intact but the upper stages have
been taken down.
Other elements changed are the doors and all the windows, the round
heads of the first -story windows having been filled in and standard sash
inserted throughout. Besite these changes, its compact and stylish design
makes the Montgomery Street Fire Station a valued city landmark. It deserves
designationas a historic landmark because the continuation of its architectural
integrity mould provide an anchor for the stability and ..good maintenance of
the surrounding neighborhoods.
Deborah Thompson
ArchitCtural Historian
Member, Historic Preservaton
Commission
85-308
30 August 85
To: The Honorable City Council
From: The Historic Preservation Commission
Subject: The Montgomery Street Fire Station
At a public hearing on August 13. 1985, the Hanger Historic Preservation
Commission unanimously approved the the designation of the Montgomery
Street Fire Station as a local historic landmark.
A brief description of the significance of the building by commission
member Deborah Thompson is enclosed. This designation has received
the written approval of the State Historic Preservation Officer, which
is also enclosed.
I hearty request that the City Council take the necessary steps to
designate the Montgomery Street Fire Station as a historic landmark
under Ch_.VII: Art. 4, Sec. 4. of the Ordinances of the City of Bangor.
Joan C. Woodcock
Chairman