Built in 1928, it is one of the city's most architecturally distinctive fire stations, a Tudor Revival structure designed by the local firm of Ebbets & Frid.

[1] It continues to serve its original function, housing Engine Company 16 of the Hartford Fire Department.

It is a two-story structure, with a steel frame faced in brick with stone trim, with Tudor Revival styling.

It has two equipment bays at the center, flanked by pedestrian entrances, and nearly symmetrical projecting side wings.

The interior is simply decorated, with a tiled apparatus room on the first floor and a dormitory above, with two brass poles.