Sixth Engine to Open Friday at 438 Massachussetts Ave
Posted February 9, 2012
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Sixth Engine, a firehouse-inspired American bistro, will open its doors Friday in the Douglas Development-owned historic Engine 6 firehouse at 438 Massachusetts Ave, NW.
Sixth Engine leased the 3,600 square foot Mt. Vernon property from Douglas Development in March 2011.
The restaurant is owned and operated by Gavin Coleman, Jeremy Carman, Paul Holder, Paul Madrid and Tim Walsh. These restaurateurs are also behind the Capitol Hill staple The Dubliner and the Glover Park restaurant and bar Town Hall.
To reflect the restaurant's commitment to preserving the historic building, elements from the original Engine 6 firehouse are integrated throughout the restaurant's interior space. In addition to the firehouse's original shield displayed outside the entrance of the restaurant, Sixth Engine features giant murals including depictions of a faded ladder company logo and a Norman Rockwell-inspired illustration of a fireman, boy and dog rushing off to a fire.
Sixth Engine also boasts an authentic fire pole connecting the two-level restaurant.
The Engine 6 firehouse is the oldest firehouse in Washington, DC. Built in 1855 for the Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company (MHL), the firehouse still retains the original "MHL" insignia above the entrance.
SEE:
Then and Now: Engine House 6 (October 2009)
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