This is a list of fake buildings which are structures that use urban and suburban camouflage to disguise equipment and city infrastructure facilities that are aesthetically unpleasing in non-industrial neighborhoods. The list does not include utility sheds such as small pumphouses.

Communication This lists fake buildings used as communication facilities, such as telephone exchanges and data centers. NameImage Address Town / City Country Coordinates PurposeNotes and references West Hartford Data Center 130 South Main Street West Hartford, Connecticut United States Data center Built for telephone exchange, but later converted into a data center. 636 Orange Center Road 636 Orange Center Road Orange, Connecticut United States Telecommunication equipment Frontier Communications building disguised as a single-family home with blackout windows 335 Glen Road 335 Glen Road Rochester, New York United States Telecommunication equipment 91 Pinegrove Avenue 91 Pinegrove Avenue Rochester, New York United States Telecommunication equipment Henson 13352 Blossomheath Lane Dallas, Texas United States Data center Owned by AT&T. Disguised as a large suburban house. Henson 2 13229 Southview Lane Dallas, Texas United States Data center Previously owned by AT&T. Disguised as a large suburban house.

Ventilation This lists fake buildings used for ventilation of enclosed spaces such as tunnels.

NameImage Address Town / City Country Coordinates PurposeNotes and referencesThornton Tunnel Ventilation House 3911 Frances Street Burnaby, British Columbia Canada Ventilation shaft Part of Thornton Tunnel for Canadian National Railway Towers substation 1423 rue Towers Montreal, Quebec Canada Ventilation shaft Historical landmark rebuilt brick by brick as a ventilation station for the Montreal Metro 23–24 Leinster Gardens 23–24 Leinster Gardens Bayswater, London England Ventilation shaft For the London Underground. Disguised with grayed out windows 2 Old Eldon Square 2, Old Eldon Square Newcastle upon Tyne England Ventilation shaft For Tyne and Wear Metro, vents on the roof (seen on the right of the photo) Chalfont St Giles Ventilation Shaft Bottom House Farm Lane Chalfont St Giles England Ventilation shaft High Speed 2 ventilation shaft disguised as a barn Chalfont St Peter Ventilation Shaft Chesham Lane Chalfont St Peter England Ventilation shaft High Speed 2 ventilation shaft disguised as a barn 145, rue La Fayette 10th arrondissement of Paris France Ventilation shaft For RATP Paris Métro 29 rue Quincampoix 29 rue Quincampoix 4th arrondissement of Paris France Ventilation shaft For RATP. Trompe l'oeil paintings on windows. Ventilation shaft of the Magenta station 174 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis 10th arrondissement of Paris France Ventilation shaft Part of EOLE project 3 rue de l'Aqueduc 3 rue de l'Aqueduc 10th arrondissement of Paris France Technical shaft Part of EOLE project Yarmouth Street Ventilation Shaft Yarmouth Street Boston, Massachusetts United States Ventilation shaft The ventilation shaft (the rightmost portion) was wrapped by a brick facade to create an appearance of a bow-front townhouse 58 Joralemon Street 58 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, New York United States Ventilation shaft and emergency exit For the New York City Subway. Disguised with blacked-out windows.

Water and wastewater management This lists fake buildings that are used to house equipment for water distribution networks, sewage management, and stormwater management.

NameImage Address Town / City Country Coordinates PurposeNotes and references Duffus Street pumping station 5211 Duffus Street Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Sewage pumping station Halifax Water underground station with an entrance disguised as a split-level home. North Oakville East Wastewater Pumping Station 345 Dundas Street West Oakville, Ontario Canada Sewage pumping station Disguised as an early 20th-century fire station. WNY1 Solids & Floatables Facility South of 6400 Anthony M. Defino Way West New York, New Jersey United States Combined sewer overflow screening facility A facility disguised as townhouses, built in 2009 by North Hudson Sewerage Authority H1 Screening and Wet Weather Pump Station 99 Observer Highway Hoboken, New Jersey United States Combined sewer overflow screening and flood pumping station Disguised as a modern building that has an architectural connection to the Hoboken Terminal Belindeer Pump Station 5700 Belinder Avenue Fairway, Kansas United States Sewage pumping station Johnson County Wastewater Nall Avenue Holding Station 7490 Nall Avenue Prairie Village, Kansas United States Sewage pumping station Johnson County Wastewater Wade Avenue Pump Station 3215 Wade Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina United States Water booster pumping station Raleigh Public Utilities Department Lake Gaston Pipeline Pump Station 207 Beddingfield Way Valentines, Virginia United States Water source pipeline pumping station Lake Gaston is a water source for Virginia Beach, Virginia. The station is disguised as a lake house. Alline Avenue Pump Station 2921 W Alline Avenue Tampa, Florida United States Stormwater pumping station Disguised as a bungalow Locust Valley Pump Station 20 Meleny Rd Locust Valley, New York United States Sewage pumping station Disguised as a small single family house Glannon Pump Station 3788 Mt Royal Boulevard Allison Park, Pennsylvania United States Sewage pumping station Disguised as a single family home with a front porch Highland Park Wastewater Treatment Facility 316 Highland Park Road Sellersville, Pennsylvania United States Wastewater treatment plant Hilltown Township Water & Sewer Authority. Plant disguised as a red barn. Wyndgate Subdivision Wastewater Treatment Plant 128 Wyndgate Valley Drive O'Fallon, Missouri United States Membrane bioreactors wastewater treatment plant A subdivision of Duckett Creek Sanitary District. Plant disguised as a two-story single-family house to blend in with the neighbors. Riverdale Subdivision Wastewater Treatment Facility 1400 Riverdale Manor Drive O'Fallon, Missouri United States Membrane bioreactors wastewater treatment plant A subdivision of Duckett Creek Sanitary District. Plant disguised as a horse barn. Johns Creek Environmental Campus 8100 Holcomb Bridge Road Alpharetta, Georgia United States Wastewater treatment plant Camouflaged to look like an old mill complex Southport Unit 5 Vacuum Station 2281 SE Sidonia Street Port St. Lucie, Florida United States Sewage pumping station Disguised as a bungalow. Kennedy Avenue Pump Station 6448 Kennedy Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio United States Water pumping station Disguised as an apartment building in the Kennedy Heights neighborhood. Muddy Creek-Westbourne High Rate Treatment Facility 5723 Muddy Creek Road Cincinnati, Ohio United States Wastewater treatment plant Enhanced high rate settling facility to treat combined sewer overflow. Disguised as a one-story home or office building,

Heating and cooling This lists fake buildings used to provide heating and cooling services, such as district heating, district cooling and cold district heating.

NameImage Address Town / City Country Coordinates PurposeNotes and references Metro Nashville District Energy System 90 Peabody Street Nashville, Tennessee United States District heating / District cooling Enclosure with facade that has fake windows

Electric power distribution

This lists fake buildings that are used for electric power distribution, such as distribution substations and transformer houses.

NameImage Address Town / City Country Coordinates PurposeNotes and references Strecker Memorial Laboratory Southpoint Park, Roosevelt Island New York, New York United States Power conversion substation Converted from an infectious disease laboratory Mott Haven Substation 415 Bruckner Boulevard Bronx, New York United States Substation ConEdison substation made to look like townhouses in a gated community. 51 W Ontario Street 51 W Ontario Street Chicago, Illinois United States Substation Georgian building with fake front doors and windows used as vents. 4227 40th St NW 4227 40th St NW Washington, DC United States Substation Pepco substation disguised as a two-story brick house. Side windows painted as blinds. 4225 40th St NW 4225 40th St NW Washington, DC United States Substation Disguised as a shed behind 4227 40th St NW 4000 Van Ness St NW 4000 Van Ness St NW Washington, DC United States Substation Pepco substation disguised as an office building with blacked-out windows 1001 Harvard St NW 1001 Harvard St NW Washington, DC United States Substation Pepco substation that imitates an old train station but with whitewashed windows Pepco Darnestown Substation 16010 Riffle Ford Road Gaithersburg, Maryland United States Substation Pepco substation that imitates a large barn with metal silo in a rural area 2530 Norton Street 2530 Norton Street Rochester, New York United States Substation 250 Seneca Park Avenue 250 Seneca Park Avenue Rochester, New York United States Substation Detroit Edison Lake Orion substation 215 E. Church Street Lake Orion, Michigan United States Substation Constructed in 1926 in Tudor Revival style to match the residential neighborhood. Peermont Substation 271 61st Street Avalon, New Jersey United States Substation Atlantic City Electric Company substation disguised as a shore house542 51st Street542 51st StreetOakland, CaliforniaUnited StatesSubstationPacific Gas and Electric Company substation disguised as a brutalist structure.

See also Fake building Public utility building

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