

American Folk Art Buildings
architectural imagination and storied places rendered small
TYPES
Capitol & Civic
Schools • Fire & Police & Post • Important Looking • Bridges • Lighthouses • Town



















19" high



L.C.F.D: The unidentified town of L.C. shows a fire department station with two hose drying towers of confident architectural intent.








Wisconsin State Capitol. Twice.








































































Firemen's slide down poles




Above and below: the firepoles for fast sliding down, so present in American imagery and often in real fire stations too. Below also: three tintypes of important fire guys are nicely placed on the wall.





More fanciful than most, Willy's Fire Department No. 1939 has topnotch function -- two elevator platforms conveniently pull to roof top housing.

