History of the Atlanta Fire Dept.

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This old house: Fire Station 1





This is Fire Station 1 (Central Fire Station) which was located at 44 W. Alabama Street. It was opened in 1892 and replaced two older firehouses that were across from one another (Hose Company 1 and Hook & Ladder Company 1) they were located on Broad Street (No. 25 S. Broad Street and No. 28 S. Broad Street) Those were Volunteer fire companies and were Cilvil War era single bay brick houses. When this firehouse was built it had a huge bell tower on top which had been removed when this picture was taken. This was unfortunately demolished in the 60's. The Federal Courthouse is on this site now. More old houses to come.