Engine Company 12

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Engine Company 12

| nrhp_type =

| image = Engine Co 12 DC.jpg

| caption = Engine Company 12 building (2012)

| location = 1626 N. Capitol St., NW
Washington, D.C.

| coordinates = {{coord|38|54|43.1886|N|77|0|34.038|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = United States District of Columbia street

| area =

| built =

| architect = Snowden Ashford

| architecture = Colonial Revival

| designated_nrhp_type =

| added = June 6, 2007

| mpsub = Firehouses in Washington DC MPS

| refnum = 07000537{{NRISref |refnum=07000537|2009a}}

}}

Engine Company 12 is a former fire station and a historic structure located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood and on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The engine company was established on July 1, 1897, with an 1884 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM steam fire engine and an 1887 E. B. Preston hose reel carriage.{{cite web|url= http://www.dcfd.com/history.php|title=DCFD History|publisher=DCFD|access-date=1 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825043220/http://www.dcfd.com/history.php|archive-date=25 August 2013}} The three-story brick building was designed by Washington architect Snowden Ashford in the Colonial Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

The building was damaged by a three-alarm fire in December, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://wtop.com/dc/2023/12/dc-firefighters-battle-blaze-in-historic-firehouse-near-us-capitol/|title=DC firefighters battle blaze in historic firehouse near US Capitol|date=December 16, 2023|website=WTOP News}}

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