This one-story brick fire station has a rectangular plan with offset hipped porch. Roofs are clad in red tile. Porch piers and balustrade have cast stone trim of an abstract design. This was one of about ten bungalow-style fire stations built in Fort Worth in 1922 and 1923, designed to enhance residential districts (see 1601 Lipscomb Street and 431 Fulton Street). All seem to have been the work of architect Charles F. Allen and contractor B. B. Adams. Allen was a versatile designer who published Allen’s Southern Bungalows in 1922. Built as Station No. 16 in 1922, the building has been in private ownership since 1965 and is now used as a business office. It appears to be eligible for the National Register as an intact example of sensitive civic design by a municipal government in the tradition of the City Beautiful movement. As the remaining bungalow fire stations in Fort Worth are documented in future phases of the survey, they will be included in a National Register Thematic Group. Fire Station No. 16 was designated Demolition Delay in 1995 and rehabbed in 2004 as an art studio. Original features such as the wood windows, pine floors, brick fireplace and built-in bookshelves were retained. That portion of the building which housed the fire trucks contains the art studio with work tables, a kiln, display areas and storage space. The project architect was Quorum Architects and the contractor was Thomas S. Byrnes, Ltd. The project received awards from Preservation Texas and Historic Fort Worth, Inc. This fire station has not been listed on the National Register but would likely still be eligible for such designation.
