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Coordinates: 42°14′38″N 71°50′0″W / 42.24389°N 71.83333°W / 42.24389; -71.83333

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Webster Street Firehouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	40 Webster St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′38″N 71°50′0″W / 42.24389°N 71.83333°W / 42.24389; -71.83333
Built	1893
Architect	E. Boyden & Son
MPS	Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000480^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1980

The Webster Street Firehouse is a historic fire station at 40 Webster Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The brick 2+1⁄2-story building was built in 1893 to a design by the local architectural firm of E. Boyden & Son. Its main facade is visually eclectic, with yellow brick and terracotta elements, brick pilasters topped with foliate decoration, and an arched window surmounted by a tower with iron cresting. There is a central four sided tower with open belfry that is topped by a steeply pitched roof.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1] It was demolished circa 2000, a new fire station was built in its place.