Boston Town House Fires

The Old State House stands in the location of the original Town House. Built in 1658, it was the center of colonial life. The government utilized the building as well as merchants. The building is the oldest surviving public building ...

House on Fire at Sainte-Mère-Église

Ici emplacement de la maison

incendiée le 5–6 juin 1944

—

Here stood the house that

was afire on 5–6 June 1944

Marker can be reached from rue Eisenhower.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Westwood Firehouse

Built in 1913, this building has been the home of the Westwood Fire Department since its beginning. O.L. Lunt was the 1st Chief until 1918. Maurice Hertzig was appointed Chief in 1946 and served for 32 years, he was the ...

Johnsville Firehouse

Built in 1908

Restored as a memorial to Jackie Yonge by Trigg Yonge and ECN with the aid of funds donated by friends of Jackie.

Marker can be reached from Main Street/Johnsville Road (County Highway A14), on the left when traveling north. ...

Cherrydale Volunteer Firehouse

The Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department was the first fire company in Arlington County. Formed in 1898 and officially established in 1904, it originally consisted of 10 leather buckets, a ladder, and spirited volunteers. A community fundraising effort, including a contribution ...

The Firehouse Museum

This building was erected in 1889 as the

town’s first fire department.

It served as a working fire station

from that date until 1923.

Subsequent usage included:

Utilization as a meeting hall for the Mayor and City Council of Ellicott City; Offices of the Howard ...

Yountville's First Fire House

On this site in April, 1929, the County of Napa built Yountville's first fire house, with Homer Douglas serving as volunteer fire chief and Silvio Tonascia as assistant fire chief. The county provided a 1929 Fageol fire truck to be ...

Rhoads Opera House Fire

A disastrous fire destroyed the theater that stood at Philadelphia Ave. & Washington St. On Jan. 13 1908. It claimed 170 Victims, many buried here, due to overcrowding, poorly designed and unmarked exits, and inadequate fire escapes. The tragedy prompted ...

Livermore Town Hall Jail and Firehouse

[Upper Marker:]

Built 1875, this building was first a hotel then the Livermore Valley Bank. It was the Livermore Town Hall from 1905 to 1957. The jail was in the rear, and to the left the firehouse. It was here a ...

The Middlebury Fire House

On this site in 1949 the volunteers of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department, using donated and salvaged materials, built a fire station on land donated by the Vaszauskas family.

Pictured are the original 1941 Ford LaFrance, 1947 International tanker and ...