Truck House No. 13
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
"The Dime" answering an alarm (2011)
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Location	1342 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, District of Columbia
Coordinates	38°54′5″N 76°59′13″W / 38.90139°N 76.98694°W / 38.90139; -76.98694
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925
Architect	Parks & Baxter
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Firehouses in Washington DC MPS
NRHP reference No.	07000535[1]
Added to NRHP	June 6, 2007

Truck House No. 13, also known as the Trinidad Firehouse is a historic firehouse located at 1342 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, D.C. It was built in 1925 and added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[2]

History

It was built in the Colonial Revival style as a prototype new firehouses in the District of Columbia, though the plan was not repeated. Architect Albert Harris supervised the design, but local architects Parks and Baxter are also often attributed.

Truck Company 13 was organized on December 9, 1925, and has served ever since at this location. Its original equipment was a 1925 Seagrave 75' aerial ladder truck. In 1940 Engine Company No. 10 moved from its old firehouse on Maryland Avenue to this location. Engine 10, known as "the Dime," was the busiest engine company in the nation from 1991 to 2003.^[3]