Did you know that the old Gospel Assembly Church
at 6th and Clinton was a fire station over 100 years ago? Actually
there were two Number 10’s. The first one was the Num. 10 for a year in 1894
but was not the one we were in. The second one was the actual “Old Fire
Station” where we went to church all those years. (It may take a while to load
so just give it some time.)
This
one is across the street from the corner on 6th Avenue. Remember
where the Highland Park Bakery was? It is just south of there. I think it was
an attorney’s office or something when we were there. Notice on the front it
says: HIGHLAND PARK FIRE STATION
The
one below left is the one we were in.
The upstairs rooms where we used to have the printing room, lunchroom, nursery
and etc… was the dormitories for the firemen. The downstairs part where the
main sanctuary was used to be a barn where the horses and fire wagons were
kept.
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This was the way it looked when we had church there in the
1970’s……. |
The main entrance where we used
to hang our coats was added on at a later date. There is a strange story about
how I came upon these facts and photos if anyone is interested. Just email
me.
Hope you like this little
bit of history in the news…