Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Added to NRHP. January 9, 1978. Designated MSHS. May 14, 1975 [2] The Engine House No. 11 is a fire station located at 2737 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest remaining firehouse in the city of Detroit; [3] it was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Hook and Ladder House No. 5 and the Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop are two cojoined structures located at 3400 and 3434 Russell Street in Detroit, Michigan.The Hook and Ladder House No. 5 is the second oldest surviving fire station in Detroit, was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Over 800 fires were set in the peak year 1984, overwhelming the city's fire department. Hundreds of vacant homes across the city were set ablaze by arsonists. The fires continued to happen but the number was sharply reduced by razing thousands of abandoned houses that often were used to sell drugs as well, namely 5,000 in 1989-90 alone.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Coordinates: 42°21′31.23″N83°1′16.88″W42.3586750°N 83.0213556°W. The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art project in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on Detroit 's east side, just north of the city's historically African-American Black Bottom area. It was created in 1986 by the artist Tyree Guyton, who was assisted by his wife, Karen ...
The former Fire Headquarters at 250 West Larned, in operation until 2013 Fireboat Curtis Randolph DFD Ladder 19 and an American Red Cross Disaster Action Team van at the scene of a house fire in Detroit. The Detroit Fire Department (DFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.
YI-JIN YU. August 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM. A button battery inside a children's book caused a car seat to burst into flames, according to a North Carolina fire department. The George Hildebran Fire ...
The Engine House No. 18 is a fire station located at 3812 Mt. Elliott Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is also known as Engine Company No. 18 Fire Station. It is the third oldest existing (and was the oldest operating when closed in 2012) fire station in Detroit. [ 2 ] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.