Phenix Fire Station / Harris Fire Department (1889)
A handsome, 2-story brick structure, set gable end to the street, with a wide door across the front and a tall, square hose-drying tower on the corner, topped with a belfry and a high hip roof embellished with ornamental cresting and a weathervane. There is a recent 1-story, flat-topped, unsympathetic addition to the right side. The Coventry-West Warwick town line runs through the building, which was erected to serve the adjoining villages of Phenix and Harris. Only the tower is in West Warwick.
Taken from Historic and Architectural Resources of West Warwick, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report. C. 1987 RI Historical Preservation Commission. Page 98-99
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