According to the DC Office of Planning,[2]Truck Company F was built in 1900 to serve the emerging neighborhood of Columbia Heights.

It was one of the first of a new series of high-style firehouses created in the eclectic period between the late 1890s and World War I, as an expression of civic pride and as a testament to the importance of the Fire Department.

The superb Italian Renaissance Revival design by local architect Leon Dessez is executed with a high degree of finish and formality, using Roman brick and glazed terra cotta detail.

The building was removed from active duty when Engine Company 11 relocated in 1982.

[2] This article about a property in the District of Columbia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.