Fire Station Number 9 09, Exterior Detail
- Title:
- Fire Station Number 9 09, Exterior Detail
- Collection:
- John Clair Miller
- Designer:
- John Clair Miller
Cyril B. Beveridge
- Project Owner:
- City of Ithaca
- Date:
- 1967
- Location:
- Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- JCM_NO9_007
- File Name:
- JCM_NO9_007.jpg
- Project Title:
- Fire Station Number 9 09
- Project Type:
- Project
- Culture:
- American
- Style/Period:
- Contemporary
- Work Type:
- fire stations
- Materials/Techniques:
- masonry/concrete/steel
- Image View Type:
- Partial
- Image View Description:
- Exterior Detail
- Description:
- Design a fire station to house two engines and the living accommodations for two firemen and ten student volunteers from nearby Cornell University, as well as social and recreational space for them and the company’s volunteer firemen. The design was to be a prototype for future satellite fire stations in Ithaca.
The garage faces the street with the multi-story residence behind. An existing tree, sculptured sign/bench and brick paving mark the station entrance. The garage includes space for two engines, a control center and storage for firefighting equipment. The residential area includes a central meeting space with supporting kitchen/dining facilities, a billiards room, a study area with individual cubicles, a bunkroom with beds for ten students and two firemen, with individual lockers and personal storage and a slide pole to the garage, a locker room with adjacent bathing facilities, and a large storage space. The entrance circulation, under a continuous skylight, is adjacent to the garage and leads to the ‘tower’ stair that connects the multilevel residence. Materials used were substantial, durable and easily maintained: interior and exterior walls are brick, roof and floor construction is exposed concrete, and the floors in the residential area are ceramic tile. Skylights were used extensively for natural light in both the garage and the residential spaces because of the confines of the site. Mechanical and electrical systems in the building are exposed for accessibility and ease of maintenance. - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the John Clair Miller Collection (here presented as “Projects”, “Competitions” and “Collages”) and the John Clair Miller Image Collection of Twentieth-Century Architecture in Iceland are protected by copyright, and the copyright holder is their creator/photographer, John Clair Miller. Images in the John Clair Miller Collection were created between 1962-2007, and were digitized by Cornell University Library. Images in the John Clair Miller Image Collection of Twentieth-Century Architecture in Iceland date from 2001-2007, and were digitized from 35mm slides by Cornell University Library in 2016. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.