Old Fire
Station
102 W. Cross
1898, Romanesque Revival
Centrally located to serve
the entire community, it was designed by Ypsilanti architect, E. P. Rorison.
The site was purchased in March of 1898, construction began immediately
thereafter, and the new facilities completed for the moving in of the five—man
fire department by August 1st of the same year, a building feat not possible
today! The masonry gabled parapet exhibits, at eaves and ridge, the carved,
foliated pinnacles typical of the style, as well as multiple Roman arched
openings for windows and ventilation louvers in the hose—drying bell tower.
The second floor contained dormitory facilities and the third floor, gymnasium
and exercise equipment. Today, after careful rehabilitation, the building
is used as a museum of historical vehicles, and contains restored passenger
cars, fire engines and pick—up trucks, and glass cylinder gasoline pumps
of times long past.
c. 1982 |
2004 |
c. 1990 |
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