Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30
Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 is a historic fire station and engine company in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1913, its white firemen served a predominantly white neighborhood.Photo: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: Historic fire station and museum
- Also known as: “African American Firefighter Museum”
- Address: 1401 Central Avenue, Los Angeles
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Pedro Street station and Washington station.
San Pedro Street station
Railway station
Photo: HanSangYoon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Pedro Street station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Washington Boulevard near its intersection with San Pedro Street, after which the station is named, in Los Angeles, California. San Pedro Street station is situated 2,700 feet west of Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30.
Washington station
Railway station
Photo: Slambo, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Washington station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue at its intersection with Washington Boulevard, in South Los Angeles. Washington station is situated 3,300 feet south of Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30.
Orpheum Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Eric Richardson, CC BY 2.0.
The Orpheum Theatre at 842 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. Orpheum Theatre is situated 1 mile northwest of Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Los Angeles Fashion District and Nevin.
Los Angeles Fashion District
Quarter
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Los Angeles Fashion District, previously known as the Garment District, is a business improvement district in, and often cited as a sub-neighborhood of, downtown Los Angeles.
Skid Row
Quarter
Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s.
Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30
- Categories: fire station, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.02846° or 34° 1′ 43″ northLongitude
-118.24725° or 118° 14′ 50″ westOpen location code
85632QH3+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 2832811432OpenStreetMap feature
historic=museuWikidata ID
Q5451472
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include African American Firefighter Museum and Saint Turibius Roman Catholic Church.
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