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Tulsa Fire Alarm Building
The Tulsa Fire Alarm Building is a historic Art Deco building at 1010 East Eighth Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1931 and served as the central reporting station for the Tulsa Fire Department. Fires were reported from alarm boxes spread around town to this building and the firemen in this building would alert the fire station closest to the fire. At the time of its construction this system was the best available alarm system. The building is just east of the Inner Dispersal Loop in Tulsa's Pearl District.〔(Wade, Jarrel. "Local firefighting supporters raising money to buy Tulsa Fire Alarm Building for museum." ''Tulsa World''. ) March 20, 2015.〕
==Building design==
The building was designed by architect Frederick V. Kershner and inspired by Mayan temple design. It is relatively small, containing only of space.〔(Gille, Rossy. "Historic Fire Alarm Building May Become Museum." GTR Newspapers ), March 14, 2015. Accessed July 30, 2015〕 The building has a structural steel frame and masonry walls. It features an extensive terra cotta frieze program, with several fire-related motifs. A recurring theme on the front facade is a double-headed dragon. The large frieze over the front door depicts a half-naked male figure holding in his hands Gamewell alarm tape (part of the first alarm system used in this building; the paper tape was punched with the number of the fire alarm box making the call) and who is flanked by two helmeted firefighters. The building originally had two large art deco style lanterns above the front doorway. The back side of the building has four gargoyle-like figures topped with a hatchet on either side of nine windows.〔("Fire Alarm Building." Tulsa Preservation Commission. ) Accessed July 29, 2015.〕
The basement once housed an auxiliary generator system. Although the building was completed in 1931, it took three more years to complete the hookups to the alarm boxes that were dipersed throughout the city. The system went into service in 1934.〔
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