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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Fire Station No. 2
| nrhp_type =
| image = Fire Station No. 2 Waterloo, Iowa.jpg
| caption =
| location = 716 Commercial St.<br>[[Waterloo, Iowa]]
| coordinates = {{coord|42|29|37.8|N|92|20|17.5|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
| built = 1907
| architect = John G. Ralston
| architecture = [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]]<br>[[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]]
| added = November 29, 1988
| area = less than one acre
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500187|title=Waterloo MPS}}
| refnum = 88001321<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
'''Fire Station No. 2''', also known as '''El Mecca Shrine Club''', is a historic building located in [[Waterloo, Iowa]], United States.  The city's paid fire department dates from 1904.  Prior to that Waterloo was served by private fire companies.  Built in 1907, this is the only early fire station left in the city.<ref name=Jacobsen>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=88001321}}|title=Fire Station No. 2|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|accessdate=2016-11-23|author1=Barbara Beving Long|author2=James E. Jacobsen}} with {{NRHP url|id=88001321|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref>  This building is an eclectic combination of the [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] and the [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] styles.  It was designed by the prominent Waterloo architect John G. Ralston. The decorative elements on the main floor are found in the columns with [[Trefoil|foliated]] [[Capital (architecture)|capital]]s that support a broad [[entablature]].  The second story is primarily brick with lighter stone accents for a polychromatic effect.  The building was used as a fire station until 1969 when the city built five new stations. [[Black Hawk County, Iowa|Black Hawk County]] used the building as an office to issue food stamps. El Mecca Shrine acquired the building in 1976 and converted it into a restaurant and club.  It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris"/>
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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[[Category:Fire stations completed in 1907]]
[[Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Iowa]]
[[Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Iowa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Waterloo, Iowa]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa]]
[[Category:Shriners]]
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