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ENGINE 1 (APPARATUS)
ORIGINATED AT LARNED AND WAYNE, OCT. 1860
NEW QUARTERS AT LARNED AND WAYNE  WITH LADDER 1, SEPT. 1889
NEW QUARTERS AT LARNED AND WAYNE WITH LADDER 1, AUG. 1929
DISBANDED  JUNE 1957
REORGANIZED AT LARNED AND WAYNE WITH LADDER 1 NOV. 1957
DISBANDED JAN .1975
REORGANIZED AT LARNED AND WASHINGTON BLVD. WITH  LADDER 1, JAN. 1978
RELOCATED AT MONTCALM AND PARK AT LADDER 1, MAY 1991

NOTE: WAYNE ST. WAS CHANGED TO WASHINGTON BLVD. ON MAY 21 1959

HEADQUARTERS

 (VOLUNTEER RESCUE HOOK AND LADDER CO. 1)  MOVED FROM  THE ORIGINAL FIREMEN'S HALL AT BATES AND E. LARNED TO THE (QUARTERS) AT
WAYNE AND LARNED, WHICH WAS A SMALL BUILDING ADJOINING THE WASHINGTON MARKET AT THAT CORNER IN 1852
IN 1856 THE WASHINGTON MARKET BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN LEAVING THE
 (VOLUNTEER RESCUE HOOK AND LADDER CO. 1) BUILDING STILL STANDING
IN 1856 A NEW FIRE STATION WAS BUILT FOR A HAND PUMPER AND HOSE COMPANY AND WAS NEXT TO THAT BUILDING
LAFAYETTE STEAM FIRE ENGINE 1 AND A HOSE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED ON OCTOBER  1860 AND OCCUPIED THE NEW STATION.
IN 1870  THE LADDER CO. BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN AND A 2 STORY  BUILDING WAS ERECTED TO HOUSE THE LADDER COMPANY. THE WAYNE STREET STATION WAS REMODELED AT THAT TIME .
THIS WAS THE FIRST HEADQUARTERS
IT HELD
THE COMMISSIONERS
SECRETARY
CHIEF ENGINEERS
 FIRE TELEGRAPH ROOM
SUPERINTENDENT
STEAM FIRE ENGINE
HOSE COMPANY
LADDER COMPANY
CHIEF ENGINEERS BUGGY
SUPPLY WAGON
WITH CHEMICAL COMPANY NO. 1 COMING IN 1876
THE FIRST HEADQUARTERS WAS TORN DOWN IN 1887
THE SECOND HEADQUARTERS WAS BUILT IN 1888 AND LASTED TO 1928 WHEN IT TO WAS TORN DOWN
THE THIRD (AND PRESENT) HEADQUARTERS WAS BUILT IN  1929
IT HOUSED ENGINE 1, LADDER 1,  HIGH PRESSURE 1, WATER TOWER 1, CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, DEPUTY CHIEF 1, BATTALION CHIEF 1, AND THE FIRE MARSHALS CAR.
 

ENGINE 2
(OLD QUARTERS)
HASTINGS BETWEEN LARNED AND E. CONGRESS
SIZE OF LOT 60'  X  90'
DATE PURCHASED JUNE 17, 1874
COST OF SITE $3000.00
COST OF BUILDING $11,101.00
ARCHITECT  F.W.SMITH
CONTRACTOR BYRON AND CLARK
SOLD TO DEPT.  OF STREET RAILWAYS JUNE 25, 1930 FOR $21,100.00

ENGINE 2
 (NEW QUARTERS)
WEST SIDE OF ST. ANTOINE BETWEEN CONGRESS AND EAST LARNED

ENGINE 2 (APPARATUS) ORIGINALLY ORGANIZED IN JAN. 1861 AT REMODELED VOLUNTEER ENGINE HOUSE
AT THE  NORTH WEST CORNER OF E. LARNED AND ST. ANTOINE.
IN 1875 ENGINE 2 MOVED  TO A NEWLY ERECTED BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF HASTINGS
BETWEEN LARNED AND E. CONGRESS
IN 1918. THEY MOVED TO THE ST.' ANTOINE BUILDING UNTIL THEY WENT OUT OF SERVICE IN 1940

ENGINE 3  , ENGINE 3B  & ENGINE 3C (APPARATUS)
ENGINE 3 ORIGINATED AT CLIFFORD AND GRISWOLD  ON JULY 1861
ENGINE  3B ORIGINATED AT CLIFFORD AND GRISWOLD WITH ENGINE 3 JANUARY 1914
(ENGINE 3 & ENGINE 3B WERE DOUBLE ENGINE COMPANIES RUNNING OUT OF THE SAME HOUSE)
ENGINE 3B WAS DISBANDED APRIL 1917
ENGINE 3C ORIGINATED AT  CLIFFORD & GRISWOLD WITH ENGINE 3  APRIL 1917
NOTE: ENGINE 3C WAS A CHEMICAL ENGINE WITH TWO TANKS & BOOSTER PUMP.
NOTE: ENGINE 3C WAS CHANGED TO ENGINE 2C ON JULY 1928 AND WAS DISBANDED MARCH 1931


ENGINE 3 MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS AT MONTCALM & PARK WITH LADDER 3 ON SEPTEMBER 1926
ENGINE 3 WAS DISBANDED MARCH 1976

ENGINE 3 (ENGINE HOUSE) MONTCALM & PARK
FRONT 40'  , DEPTH  93.02'
DATE PURCHASED MARCH 6, 1878
ORIGINAL BUILDING TO HOUSE LADDER 3 WAS ERECTED IN 1878
THE NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE BOTH ENGINE 3 AND LADDER 3 WAS ERECTED IN 1926
ORIGINAL BUILDING COST $6054.00
NEW BUILDING COST $82,780.00
CONTRACTORS: SPITZLEY BROTHERS
                                 MAX BARTHELOMAIE SONS AND CO.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION OF:
LAND $12,430.00
BUILDING,  $60,470.00

ENGINE 4
ORIGINATED ORCHARD (ELIZABETH) BETWEEN 5TH & 6TH ST.. FEBRUARY 1865
MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS HOWARD & 18TH ST. ON MAY 1897
DISBANDED MARCH 1976

ENGINE 5
ORIGINATED LARNED & RIOPELLE JUNE 1865
RELOCATED TO NEW QUARTERS ALEXANDRINE & CASS JUNE 1877
NEW QUARTERS ALEXANDRINE & CASS SEPTEMBER 1909
RELOCATED TO WEST WARREN & LAWTON (TRAINING ACADEMY ) WITH LADDER 20 AUGUST 1998
RELOCATED ALEXANDRINE & CASS OCTOBER 1999
NOTE: THERE IS A PICTURE I HAVE THAT STATES THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AT CLIFFORD & GRISWOLD (ERECTED 1845)
HOUSED PHOENIX #5 (A HAND ENGINE) LATER CHANGED TO WASHINGTON # 5
THIS HOUSE WAS RAZED IN 1858

ENGINE 6
ORIGINATED RUSSELL & HIGH (WATERLOO HY. & VERNOR) APRIL 1868
RELOCATED HASTINGS & HIGH OCTOBER 1903
NEW QUARTERS RUSSELL & WILKINS  WITH LADDER 5 JANUARY 1956
DISBANDED FEBRUARY 1994 (CREW & APPARATUS TO REORGANIZE ENGINE 32

ENGINE 7

 ORIGINATED ELMWOOD & FORT FEB. 1874
MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS CONCORD NORTH OF JEFFERSON , SEPT. 1893
RELOCATED ELMWOOD & FORT AT LADDER 6 APRIL 1950
MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS AT LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOT WITH LADDER 6 SEPT. 1970
DISBANDED APRIL 1976
REORGANIZED LAFAYETTE & MT ELLIOT AT LADDER 6 JAN. 1978
DISBANDED JAN. 1979

ENGINE 8

ORIGINATED BAKER & 6TH ST., JUNE 1873
NEW QUARTERS BAKER (BAGLEY) & 6TH ST.  NOV. 1918
RELOCATED LAFAYETTE & 10TH ST. (FORMER QUARTERS OF LADDER 12,  MAY 1982

ENGINE 9
ORIGINATED LARNED & RIOPELLE (FORMER QUARTERS OF ENGINE 5) APRIL 1880
RELOCATED LARNED & WASHINGTON BLVD. AT ENGINE 1 MARCH 1961
RELOCATED RUSSELL & WILKINS AT ENGINE 6 JAN. 1964
MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE APRIL 1964
RELOCATED LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOT AT LADDER 6 FEB. 1999

ENGINE 10
ORIGINATED BAGG (TEMPLE)  & 16TH JAN 1883
SIZE OF LOT
FRONT 50'
DEPTH 106.85' DATE PURCHASED APRIL 13, 1878
COST OF SITE $800.00
COST OF BUILDING $10,665.00
ARCHITECTS:  W.SCOTT & CO.  AND   : SPIERS & GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR : TOPPING & FISHER
BUILDING ERECTED IN 1882, REMODELED IN 1916 BY MALOW BROS. COST $10,380.56
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,118 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION:
LAND $1,280.00
BUILDING $20,920.00
RELOCATED VINEWOOD & WEST GRAND BLVD. AT LADDER 4 OCT. 1940

ENGINE 11
ORIGINATED
GRATIOT & GRANDY JAN. 1884
DISBANDED JAN 1975
BUILT IN 1883
1977 THE QUARTERS OPENED AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MUSEUM
CLOSED 1991
PURCHASED MAY 2001 BY THE PHOENIX ORGANIZATION OF THE DETROIT FIRE DEPARTMENT

ENGINE 12 & LADDER 9 (APPARATUS)
ORIGINATED GRAND RIVER & 16TH DEC. 1886
NEW QUARTERS MERRICK & 12TH ST .OCT. 1928
RELOCATED TO TRAINING ACADEMY BUILDING, WARREN & LAWTON MAY 1948
DISBANDED MARCH 1976
NOTE: WHILE A CITY GASOLINE TRUCK WAS UNLOADING GASOLINE INTO THE BASEMENT STORAGE TANK OF THE MERRICK & 12TH ST., ENGINE HOUSE A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHEN GASOLINE FUMES CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE COAL FURNACE. TWO FIREMEN WERE KILLED AND 12 INJURED IN THE BLAST. BOTH COMPANIES MOVED TO TEMPORARY QUARTERS  AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY, WARREN & LAWTON ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION, JANUARY 17, 1947
ENGINE 12 & LADDER 9 (OLD SITE)
16TH AND GRAND RIVER
SIZE LOT
FRONT 120'
DEPTH 120'
DATE PURCHASED APRIL 23, 1886
COST OF SITE $2000.00
COST OF BUILDING $12,027.00
ARCHITECTS  JOY,   GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR CLAY & SON,    KRIEGHOFF & CO.
BUILDING REMODELED OCT. 1919, COST $16,717.50  KRIEGHOFF & CO.
1937 ASSESSED VALUE
LAND $35,470.00
BUILDING $37,230.00

ENGINE 12 & LADDER 9 (NEW SITE)
12TH & MERRICK

SIZE LOT
FRONT 94'
DEPTH 100'
DATE PURCHASED JAN. 18, 1928
BUILDING ERECTED SEPT., 1928

COST OF SITE $29,750.00
COST OF BUILDING $63,231.00

ARCHITECT, HANS GEHRKE

CONTRACTOR, MID-WEST CONSTRUCTION CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE: 8,648 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $3,930.00
BUILDING $42,270.00

ENGINE 12 & LADDER 9
TRAINING ACADEMY BUILDING & BUILDING & GROUNDS BUREAU
WEST WARREN & LAWTON
DATE PURCHASED DEC. 6, 1929
COST OF TRAINING SCHOOL  $129,227.00
COST OF BLDG. & GROUNDS $68.326.69
ARCHITECT OF TRAINING SCHOOL  HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR , GALLAGHER & FLEMING
TRAINING SCHOOL ERECTED IN 1930
TRAINING SCHOOL USABLE FLOOR SPACE 14,400 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $70,190.00
BUILDING $90,510.00

ENGINE 13
ORIGINATED RUSSELL & FERRY JAN. 1887
RELOCATED MILWAUKEE & RIOPELLE AT LADDER 11 NOV. 1951
SIZE OF  RUSSELL & FERRY LOT
FRONT 60'
DEPTH 108'
DATE PURCHASED JUNE 25, 1886
COST OF SITE $1,400.00
COST OF BUILDING $12,700.00
ARCHITECT (REMODELING) H.GEHRKE
REMODELED IN 1921 AT A COST OF $15,019.20 BY GEO. D. NUTT.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,118 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $3,790.00
BUILDING $ 16,210.00
DISBANDED MARCH 1976

ENGINE 14
ORIGINATED SCOTTEN NEAR MICHIGAN FEB. 1888
RELOCATED VINEWOOD & WEST GRAND BLVD. AT LADDER 4 OCT. 1929
THE ORIGINAL SCOTTEN STATION WAS SOLD TO THE CADILLAC MOTOR CO. IN 1929 , FOR $43,700.00 AND LATER RAZED.
ENGINE 10 VACATED THEIR ORIGINAL QUARTERS AT 16TH & TEMPLE IN OCTOBER 1940 AND MOVED TO THE VINEWOOD  STATION WITH LADDER 4
 ENGINE 14 DISBANDED MAY 1940
 

SIZE OF LOT
FRONT 100'
DEPTH 250'
DATE PURCHASED MAY 1887
COST OF SITE $2,000.00
COST OF BUILDING $6,000.00

DATE PURCHASED MAY 9, 1887

ARCHITECTS: MALCOMSON & HIGGINBOTHAM,       F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR: TOPPING & FISCHER,     BUILDING & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD

BUILDING WAS ERECTED 1887
REMODELED 1922 ,COST $11,010.09

ENGINE 15

ORIGINATED DEC. 1888 AT HUBBARD , NORTH OF WEST FORT ST.
OUT OF SERVICE MAY 1940
THE ENGINE HOUSE WAS WAS RAZED FOR THE FISHER FREEWAY
LOT SIZE
FRONT 100'
DEPTH 100'
COST OF SITE $2000.00
COST OF BUILDING $13,200.00
ARCHITECT  MALCOMSON & HIGGINBOTHAM,   H.GEHRKE
REMODELED IN 1921 ,COST $16,317.55
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,118 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,000.00
BUILDING $15,900.00

 
ENGINE 16
 (FIRE BOAT)

ORIGINATED FOOT OF 5TH ST. JULY 1893
NEW QUARTERS FOOT OF RANDOLPH ST. MAY 1928
NEW QUARTERS FOOT OF 24TH ST. ( IN RIVERSIDE PARK ) OCTOBER 1930
RELOCATED FOOT OF RANDOLPH ST. MARCH 1950
RELOCATED FOOT OF 24TH ST. JUNE 1955
DISBANDED APRIL 1976
REORGANIZED FOOT OF 24TH ST. (WITH NEW FIRE BOAT) JULY 1979
DISBANDED SEPTEMBER 1983
REORGANIZED AS FIRE BOAT 1 (SUMMER SEASON ONLY) JULY 1984

FOOT OF 5TH ST. AND DETROIT RIVER SITE:
LEASED FROM MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD  FOR $1.00
BUILDING ERECTED 1893
COST OF BUILDING $4,375.00

FOOT OF 24TH ST. SITE
TRANSFERRED FROM DPW PER COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDING, MARCH 18,1930
COST OF BUILDING $29,970.00
ARCHITECT HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR BAMBROOK- GOWAN CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 3,160. SQ. FT.

1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $106,090.00
BUILDING $22,810.00

ENGINE 17

ORIGINATED CASS & AMSTERDAM WITH LADDER 7 JUNE 1893
FRONT 100'
 DEPTH 160'
PURCHASED FROM DETROIT MOTOR COMPANY
COST OF SITE $7,000.00
COST OF BUILDING $20,983.00
ARCHITECT JOHN SCOTT & CO,  
CONTRACTOR JOHN FINN
BUILDING SOLD FOR $65,000.00 IN 1921

MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS BURROUGHS & 2ND AVE. WITH LADDER 7 NOVEMBER 1922
FRONT 80'
DEPTH 140'
PURCHASED FROM BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE CO.
COST OF SITE $40.000.00
COST OF BUILDING $69,941.55
ARCHITECT, GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR, M. BARTHELOMAEI
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 10,884 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $27,820.00
BUILDING, $47,380.00

ENGINE 18
ORIGINATED MT. ELLIOT & SYLVERSTER MAY 1893
FRONT 60'
DEPTH 160'
COST OF SITE $2,100.00
COST OF BUILDING $13,900.00
ARCHITECT, MASON & RICE ,      F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR: CAREW & CO.,      BUILDINGS & GROUNDS DFD
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,418 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $2,310.00
BUILDING $21,890.00

ENGINE 19

ORIGINATED E. CONGRESS & JOSEPH CAMPAU JAN. 1894
E. CONGRESS & JOSEPH CAMPAU SITE
FRONT 53 FT
DEPTH 138.33 FT
COST OF SITE $2,130.00
COST OF BUILDING $12,934.00
ARCHITECT DONALDSON & MEIER
CONTRACTOR, A CHAPOTON JR.

RELOCATED ELMWOOD & FORT AT LADDER 6 APRIL 1923
DISBANDED JUNE 1949
ELMWOOD & FORT SITE
FRONT 54.14 FT
DEPTH 100.94 FT
COST OF BUILDING $63,945.00
ARCHITECT, MALCOMSON & HIGGINBOTHEM,     HANS GEHRKE
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,258 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $2,250.00
BUILDING, $47,250.00

ENGINE 20
ORIGINATED GRATIOT & BALDWIN JULY 1894  
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 141.52 FT
COST OF SITE $2,950.00
COST OF BUILDING $23,800.00
ARCHITECT, DONALDSON & MEIER,    F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR, JOSEPH DEITZ,    BUILDING & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,118 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $9,660.00
BUILDING $17, 240.00
DISBANDED MAY 1940
NOTE: ON FEBRUARY 27,1953 THE ATTIC AND SECOND FLOOR OF THE ENGINE HOUSE WAS BURNED OFF DUE TO A FIRE IN THE ADJOINING BUILDING (THE SPITZ FURNITURE CO. BUILDING THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY AN AUTO DEALERSHIP)
REORGANIZED GRATIOT & CONNER (DETROIT CITY AIRPORT) JUNE 1961
RELOCATED LYNCH RD. EAST OF ERWIN JANUARY 1989

ENGINE 20X
ORIGINATED DETROIT CITY AIRPORT JANUARY 1969
CHANGE,    PLACED ON RESERVE STATUS APRIL 1976

ENGINE 21

ORIGINATED LINCOLN & MARQUETTE JULY 1896
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 124 FT.
COST OF SITE $1,800.00
COST OF BUILDING $23,800.00
ARCHITECT,  DONALDSON & MEIR
CONTRACTOR  ,  JOSEPH DEITZ
SOLD TO DETROIT LUBRICATOR CO. IN 1926 FOR $44,000.00

NEW QUARTERS LINWOOD & CALVERT JUNE 1926
FRONT 82 FT
DEPTH 90 FT
COST OF SITE $30,750.00
COST OF BUILDING $71,085.00
ARCHITECT, HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHELOMAIE & SONS CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 6,140 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $5,880.00
BUILDING $58,220.00

ENGINE 22

ORIGINATED MICHIGAN & MILITARY  JULY 1896
DISBANDED JULY 1983
FRONT 67 FT
DEPTH 161.10 FT
COST OF SITE $2.612.01
COST OF BUILDING $23,800.00
ARCHITECT, DONALDSON & MEIER,      F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR, JOSEPH DEITZ,      BUILDING & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,118 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $15,340.00
BUILDING $25,760.00
REMODELED 1923 AT A COST OF $10,068.27

ENGINE 23

ORIGINATED MORAN & EAST GRAND BLVD.  JULY 1899
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 160 FT
COST OF SITE $2,400.00
COST OF BUILDING, $9,000.00
ARCHITECT DONALDSON & MEIER,      F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR GEORGE EISWIRTH,      BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
REMODELED  BY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1925 AT A COST OF $17,300.28
USABLE FLOOR SPACE  9,600 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,180.00
BUILDING $38,110.00

ENGINE 24
COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED JULY 1894
KENILWORTH EAST OF WOODWARD JULY 1899
NOTE: THEY SHARED THE QUARTERS WITH LADDER 15 AT THE TIME THEY WENT OUT OF SERVICE
DISBANDED MAY 1940
NOTE: IN 1940 ENGINE 35 MOVED INTO THE KENILWORTH STATION FROM THEIR FORMER QUARTERS AT MT. VERNON & BEAUBIEN


ENGINE 25 (FIREBOAT)

FOOT OF Mc DOUGALL  JUNE 1901
LEASED FROM PARKE DAVIS CO. 1920 FOR $1.00
COST OF BUILDING:
ORIGINAL $9,370.00 ERECTED IN 1901
NEW BUILDING $24,492.87,   ERECTED IN 1920
EXTRA FOR PILING $250 & SEWER $17.40
ARCHITECT DONALDSON & MEIER,      SPIER & GEHRKE
CONTRACTORS JACOB BRAND,     CORRICK BROS.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 1,416 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
BUILDING $15,500.00
DISBANDED MAY 1940
BUILDING RAZED

ENGINE 26

 CRANE & BRINKET JUNE 1901
COST OF SITE $1,500.00
COST OF BUILDING $12,256.00
BURNED DOWN IN 1925 DUE TO A TWO ALARM FIRE
REBUILT    1925 / 26 BY THE DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF $26,732.20
ARCHITECT MALCOMSON & HIGGINBOTHAM,       P.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR CAREW & CO.     BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 9,480 SQ. FT


ENGINE 27

ORIGINATED JUNCTION & ROGERS NOV. 1902
DISBANDED JAN 1979
REORGANIZED JULY 1983 WITH THE CREW & APPARATUS OF ENGINE 22
FRONT 90 FT
DEPTH 125 FT
COST OF SITE $26,000.00
COST OF BUILDING $13,860.00
ARCHITECT  MALCOMSON & HIGGINBOTHAM
CONTRACTOR WILLIAM M. BLAY
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 6,624 SQ. FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND  $4,420
BUILDING $24, 280.00

ENGINE 28

ORIGINATED MILWAUKEE & RIOPELLE MAY 1905
FRONT 120.74 FT
DEPTH 152.4 FT
COST OF SITE $3,000.00
COST OF BUILDING $13,025.00
ARCHITECT  ROGERS & MACFARLANE,   F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR, JOHN FINN  ,   BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
REMODELED IN DEC 1929 BY THE DEPT., AT A  COST OF  $17,505.52
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 12,309 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $7,140.00
BUILDING $26,060.00
DISBANDED AUGUST 1948

ENGINE 29

ORGANIZED JEFFERSON & SOLVAY  MAY 1907
FRONT 60.11 FT
DEPTH 100 FT
COST OF SITE $3,600.00
COST OF BUILDING $13,025.00
ARCHITECT R.E. RASEMAN,   F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR JOHN FINN ,   BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
REMODELED 1930, COST $19,536.00
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 9,452 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $5,410.00
BUILDING, $24,090.00







ENGINE 30

ORIGINATED RIVARD & LIVINGSTON  SEPTEMBER 1918
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 95 FT
COST OF SITE  $11,000.00
COST OF BUILDING  $32,102.00
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR  MAX BARTHELOMAIE & SONS
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 5,600 SQ. .FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $2,590.00
BUILDING $19,410.00
DISBANDED MAY 1940

REORGANIZED (NEW STATION) MEYERS & FLORENCE MAY 1951
FRONT 100 FT
DEPTH 100 FT
COST OF SITE $1,200.00
ARCHITECT  GEORGE R. THOMPSON,   CITY ENGINEER
1942 ASSESSED VALUATION
PROPERTY $2,000.00

ENGINE 31

ORIGINATED WEST GRAND BLVD. & COBB PLACE JANUARY 1909
FRONT 75 FT.
DEPTH 200 FT.
COST OF SITE $1,750
COST OF BUILDING $21,160.00
ARCHITECT ,  CHITTENDEN & KETTING,    F.J. McINNIS  
CONTRACTOR  BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.,     BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
REMODELED IN 1928 AT A COST OF $6,438.00
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,446 SQ. .FT.
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,580.00
BUILDING $28,420.00
NOTE, RESCUE 4 MOVED IN WITH ENGINE 31 JULY 1, 1923

ENGINE 32

ORIGINATED JEFFERSON & HART JANUARY  1909
DISBANDED MAY 1992
REORGANIZED FEBRUARY 1994
FRONT  75 FT
DEPTH 134.72 FT.
COST OF SITE $3,700.00
COST OF BUILDING $16,812.32
ARCHITECT ,  CHITTENDEN & KETTING,    F.J. McINNIS  
CONTRACTOR  BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.,       BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
REMODELED 1928 AT A COST OF  $3,087.18

ENGINE 33

ORIGINATED  LAFAYETTE & LAWNDALE  MAY 1912
FRONT 55.36 FT
DEPTH 118.49 FT
COST OF SITE $1,300.00
COST OF BUILDING $19,300.00
ARCHITECT R.E. RASEMAN,    F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR  BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.,       BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
USABLE FLOOR SPACE
4,446 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $2,150.00
BUILDING $28,350.00

ENGINE 34

 ORIGINATED LIVERNOIS & WALTON NOVEMBER 1918
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 105 FT
COST OF SITE,  PURCHASED FOR THE SUM OF $1.00.00 FROM THE LINCOLN MOTOR CAR CO
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR, STATES ENGINEERING CO.
NOTE: BUILDING MOVED BACK FOR STREET WIDENING AT A COST OF $9,700.00 BY EDWARD G. KAY
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,736 SQ. FT
 1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $1,880.00
BUILDING $19,220.00

ENGINE 35

ORIGINATED RUSSELL & EAST GRAND BLVD.  DECEMBER 1911

RELOCATED BEAUBIEN & MT. VERNON JANUARY 1914
FRONT  60 FT
DEPTH 110 FT
COST OF SITE,  $3,300.00
COST OF BUILDING $17,068.00
ARCHITECT, CHITTENDEN & KETTING
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHELOMEIE & SONS CO
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,736 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND  $3,460.00
BUILDING  $9,640.00

RELOCATED KENILWORTH EAST OF WOODWARD SEPTEMBER 1940
THIS BUILDING ORIGINATED JULY 1899 (X-QUARTERS OF ENGINE 24)

FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 190 FT
COST OF SITE $2,000.00
COST OF BUILDING $9,390.00
ARCHITECT, MALCOMSON & HIGGINBOTHAM,       F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR, CHANDLER & GODDARD,        BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
REMODELED IN 1925 BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT   AT A COST OF $19,726.97
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,320 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $3,270.00
BUILDING $25,030.00

ENGINE 36

ORIGINATED MILLER & HELEN AUGUST 1918
DISBANDED FEBRUARY 1982, CREW AND APPARATUS USED TO REORGANIZE ENGINE 50
REORGANIZED MILLER AND HELEN AS TAC 2 AT LADDER 16 FEBRUARY 1982
DISBANDED AS TAC 2 SEPTEMBER 1991
FRONT 97 FT
DEPTH 216 FT
COST OF SITE $5,263.48
COST OF BUILDING $56,992.95
ARCHITECT, HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHELOMEIE & SONS CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 6,776 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,740.00
BUILDING $37,060.60

ENGINE 37

ORIGINATED CENTRAL & DIX NOV. 1916]
DISBANDED ,  APRIL 1976
REORGANIZED CENTRAL & DIX JANUARY 1978

FRONT 90 FT
DEPTH 140.53 FT
COST OF SITE $2,400.00
COST OF BUILDING, $24,144.00
ARCHITECT, R.E. RASEMAN,    F.J. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHELOMIE & SONS,    BUILDINGS & GROUNDS DFD
REMODELED BY   THE DEPARTMENT IN 1930 AT A COST OF $3,958.55
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 6,160 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $2,140.00
BUILDING $27,660.00

ENGINE 38
 
ORIGINATED COPLIN NORTH OF JEFFERSON JUNE 1915

FRONT 90 FT
DEPTH 108 FT
COST OF SITE, $2,750.00
COST OF BUILDING, $22,691.00
ARCHITECT, CHITTENDEN & KETTING,        J.F. McINNIS
 
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHELOMIE & SONS,    BUILDINGS & GROUNDS DFD
REMODELED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1929 AT A COST OF $10,049.71
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 6,980 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,180.00
BUILDING, $21,820.00

ENGINE 39
  
BYRON & TAYLOR JULY 1916
FRONT 90 FT
DEPTH 127 FT
COST OF SITE $5,200.00
COST OF BUILDING $16,027.00
ARCHITECT, CHITTENDEN & KETTING,        J.F. McINNIS
CONTRACTOR ALBERT A. ALBRECHT CO.,      BUILDINGS & GROUNDS BUREAU DFD
NOTE, ADDITION BUILT FOR DEPUTY CHIEFS QUARTERS BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1928 AT A COST OF $8,037.95
USABLE FLOOR SPACE  4,982 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $5,020.00
BUILDING $28,480.00
RELOCATED  NEW QUARTERS ,BLAINE & 14TH ST. MARCH 1983

ENGINE 40

     ORIGINATED    12TH & LABELLE     NOV. 1919              
  MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS DEXTER & EWALD CIRCLE  MARCH 1980  
 LADDER 17    ORGINATED   12TH & LABELLE   DECEMBER  1920     MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS  DEXTER & EWALD CIRCLE MARCH 1980    SQUAD 5 ( KNOWN AS RESCUE 5)  ORGINATED CURTIS & LIVERNOIS  MAY 1947     RELOCATED 12TH & LABELLE SEPTEMBER 1951
 NAME CHANGE FROM RESCUE 5 TO SQUAD 5 JANUARY 1952 
 MOVED TO DEXTER & EWALD CIRCLE MARCH 1980       
 SIZE OF LOT AT 12TH & LABELLE
  FRONT 64 FT,
 DEPTH  100 FT 
 DATE PURCHASED APRIL 21, 1919  IT CONSISTED OF FOUR LOTS     AND THE COST  WAS $61,000  
 COST OF THE BUILDING WAS $87,193.20   
THE ARCHITECT WAS SPIER & CEHRKE 
 THE CONTRACTOR WAS MAX BARTHOLOMAIE  & SONS CO.  
USABLE FLOOR SPACE WAS 8,651 SQ. FT
 THE 1937 ASSESSED VALUE OF THE LAND WAS $2,520  
AND THE BUILDING WAS $64,480 




 ENGINE 41

ORIGINATED ROHNS & WARREN OCTOBER 1916
FRONT 75 FT
DEPTH 102.54
COST OF SITE $2,400.00
COST OF BUILDING $25,350.00
ARCHITECT, SPIERS & GEHRKE,   HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.
REMODELED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND C.W.A. AT A COST OF $8,024.00
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 9,156 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $3,340.00
BUILDING $30,660.00

ENGINE 42

ORIGINATED GRAND RIVER & BEVERLY CT. FEBRUARY 1917
FRONT  58 FT
DEPTH 130 FT
COST OF SITE $5,800.00
COST OF BUILDING $18,795.00
ARCHITECT CHITTENDEN & KETTING
CONTRACTOR  MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.
SOLD TO THE GRAND-LIVERNOIS REALTY CO. IN 1927 FOR $170,000.00
ENGINE 42,
RELOCATED (NEW QUARTERS )  LIVERNOIS & CHICAGO AT LADDER 21 SEPTEMBER 1927
FRONT  83.63 FT
DEPTH 100 FT
 
 COST OF SITE    $6,276 ,
 COST OF BUILDING $41,329.00
ARCHITECT HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR  MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.

LADDER 21
 COST OF SITE    $5,040,
 COST OF BUILDING $32,692.00
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR, CORRICK BROTHERS

NOTE, BUILDING ERECTED IN 1921 TO HOUSE LADDER 21, ADDITIONAL BUILDING ERECTED IN 1927 TO HOUSE ENGINE 42
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,022 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $3,850.00
BUILDING $51,950.00

ENGINE 43

ORGANIZED DAVISON & GODDARD JULY 1921
DISBANDED JUNE 1983
FRONT 63 FT
DEPTH 124 FT
COST OF SITE $9,463.72
COST OF BUILDING $52,598.28
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR  MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,656 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,010.00
BUILDING $ 32,590.00

ENGINE 44

ORIGINATED SEVEN MILE & JOHN R WITH LADDER 18 SEPTEMBER 1921
DISBANDED APRIL 1976
REORGANIZED SEVEN MILE & JOHN R WITH LADDER 18 JANUARY 1978
FRONT 79.5 FT
DEPTH 117 FT
COST OF SITE $1,800.00
COST OF BUILDING, $74,586.70
ARCHITECT, HANS GEHRKE
CONTRACTOR  MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 8,238 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,240.00
BUILDING $46,560.00

ENGINE 45

ORIGINATED ST. JEAN NORTH OF MACK JANUARY 1922
DISBANDED JUNE 1983
FRONT 68 FT
DEPTH 100 FT
COST OF SITE $5,600.00
COST OF BUILDING $40,379.00
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR MARTIN KRUASMANN
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,730 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $1,840
BUILDING $27,660.00

ENGINE 46

ORIGINATED GRACE & KNODELL AUGUST 1921
COST OF SITE $2,100.00
COST OF BUILDING $39,021.55
ARCHITECT KETTING
CONTRACTOR, JOHN BOLLIN
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,730 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $1,260.00
BUILDING $26,740.00

ENGINE 47

ORIGINATED MT. ELLIOT & DAVIDSON JULY 1922
FRONT 104 FT
DEPTH 140 FT
BUILDING ERECTED IN 1921 TO HOUSE ENGINE 47
ADDITIONAL BUILDING ERECTED IN 1928 TO HOUSE LADDER 30
COST OF 1921 SITE (ENGINE 47) $3,500.00
COST OF 1921 BUILDING (ENGINE 47) $32,283.00
COST OF 1928 SITE (LADDER 30) $4,762.96
COST OF 1928 BUILDING (LADDER 30) $41,593.00
ARCHITECT ( BOTH BUILDINGS) KETTING
 CONTRACTOR,  MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 9,322 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $2,230.00
BUILDING $21,750.00

ENGINE 48

ORIGINATED BAYSIDE & SANDERS NOVEMBER 1924
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 100 FT
COST OF SITE $2,500.00
COST OF BUILDING $40.937.52
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR,  MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO.
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,730 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $1,080.00
BUILDING $30,720.00
MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS FORT & DOWNING MARCH 1980

ENGINE 49

ORIGINATED  GRAND RIVER & MANOR NOVEMBER 1924
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 100 FT
COST OF SITE $ 14,100.00
COST OF BUILDING $39,747.70
ARCHITECT, KETTING
CONTRACTOR JOHN L. BEECHER
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 4,730 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $4,200.00
BUILDING $24,100.00