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Cleveland Fire Dept. - Engine House 24
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Cleveland Fire Dept.
Pearl St. and Terrace
(West 25th St. and Willowdale Ave.)
Source: History of the Cleveland Fire Department, 1897
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LOCATION
- 3725 Pearl Road
- Cleveland, OH
HISTORY
- Designed by Cleveland architect, John W. Dolman[1] (1867-1925), Brooklyn Centre's firehouse was built in 1894 at the corner of Pearl Street and Terrace St. In modern terms that is the corner of West 25th St. and Willowdale Ave.
- Opened in the late 1890's, it was one of 25 firehouses in the city at that time. Also in the area were several signal boxes that residents could use to notify the firemen of a fire.
- Box 192 - Forestdale and Lyle Court
- Box 193 - Pearl and Denison
- Box 194 - Howard and Denison
- Box 195 - Plymouth and Denison
- Box 196 - Mapledale and Mt. Vernon
- Box 197 - Rhodes and Denison
- Box 198 - Rhodes and Marvin
MAJOR FIRES
- Brooklyn Centre has had several major fires in it's past. Most notable are the following.
- 1886 - East side of Pearl between Denison and Garden. Several buildings totally destroyed. The steeple of the old Brooklyn Methodist Church at the corner of Pearl and Denison fell during this fire. Also, a wall of Wyatt's Hardware Store blew out when gunpowder exploded.
- 1957 - West Denison Elementary School. May 28th - Five alarm fire
- 19__ - Rosesheer Building
STATUS
- Closed.
- Current home of the legal firm, Roosa Co. LPA
REFERENCES
- ↑ Cleveland Landmarks Commission, http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/arch/pdf/archdetailPrint.php?afil=335&archID=66
