single bay fire houses

[squad546]

Chicago FD
Eng 30, Last firehouse with a neon sign
Eng 70
Eng 71

[squad546]

Chicago FD

Eng 77
Eng 94
Eng 99

[squad546]

If anyone wants I can scan/post old Chicago houses from the 1988 yearbook. With the exception of Ken Little I think this was the only time anyone photographed every firehouse in the city. Most of the 1 bay houses look the same after what I've posted.

Eng 103

[GTW6401]

Chicago currently has 20 single bay firehouses in the city, including Truck 24's house, which is the only single truck company.  

There is also many former single bay stations still around, but not active firehouses in Chicago.

Engine 20 - 1320 West Concord Place.
Engine 27 - 1244 North Wells Street.
Engine 34 - 114 South Aberdeen Street.
Engine 42 - 228 West Illinois Street.
Engine 44 - 3138 West Lake Street.
Engine 59 - 836 West Exchange Street.
Engine 61 - 5349 South Wabash Street.  
Engine 68 - 1642 North Kostner Avenue.
Engine 70 - 1545 West Rosemont Avenue.
Engine 77 - 1224 South Komensky Avenue.
Engine 79 - 5358 North Ashland Avenue.   Currently the Edgewater Historical Society.
Engine 80 - 623 East 108th Street.
Engine 83 - 1219 West Gunnison Street.
Engine 84 - 6200 South Green Street.
Engine 85 - 3700 West Huron Street.  
Engine 86 - 2414 W. Cuyler Avenue.
Engine 87 - 8701 South Escanaba Avenue.
Engine 88 - 3500 West 60th Street.
Engine 91 - 3000 North Elbridge Avenue.
Engine 100 - 6843 South Harper Avenue.
Engine 105 - 2337 West Erie Street.
Engine 112 - 1732 West Bryon Street.
Engine 114 - 3542 West Fullerton Avenue.
Engine 117 - 816 North Laramie Avenue.
Engine 122 - 6843 South Indiana Avenue.
Engine 123 - 5218 South Western Avenue.   Now CFD Museum.
Engine 128 - 2100 West Eastwood Avenue.

Truck 3 - 155 West Erie Street.
Truck 33 - 4459 South Marshfield Avenue.
Truck 35 - 1713 North Springfield Avenue.
Truck 36 - 712 North Kedize Avenue.
Truck 47 - 5714 North Ridge Avenue.

[Box 2565]

Engine Company 7
2058 Sutton Avenue
Mt. Washington
Constructed 1932
This place will fool ya!  No one of the bays was not sealed in, this was constructed as a single bay house.  Directly inside the door is the housewatch/day room, then a rest room and the kitchen.
Engine 7's 1938 Ahrens-Fox is on the ramp in this circa 1960 Ed Effron photo.

[FAO25]

Some nice examples of single bay stations.  The Arlington firehouse is really nice.  I would ike to see someone in this area build a station of similar design.

The Park Circle Station in Arlington is a bit unique in another way. It is built at the top of a hill across from a water reservoir standpipe. The living quarters are below grade. I never heard if they slide up a pole to get to the apparatus. 

Arlington Mass has other unique and iconic fire stations. But they are not single bay.

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         Some how I forgot to  add  to my last  post   

There  are many  single  stations  still standing in philly and some are used for other  things    i find it sort of funny  that two ex stations
now  sell beer  and snacks,   If i were a betting man i would bet there was some beer drank in the old stations

There is a list in the back of  the history book hike out .
if any one is in the philly area  I know where they are  and never try and find them on  your own   Some  are in pretty bad areas 

i buff only  early on sunday mornings in the war zones .
again i am at battlamp@aol.com      tours can be arranged  but you have to drive .    I lost one eye .   sw

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lets  make  the email address  Battlelamp@aol.com  sorry about that

[daysleeper47]

Chicago FD
Eng 30, Last firehouse with a neon sign

Interesting to see how this neighborhood has changed. Next to the engine house appears to be a Polish company of some sort. Today it's a Northwest Insurance. The neighborhood, Wicker Park, used to be a big Polish neighborhood before becoming largely Puerto Rican (hence Engine 30's nickname Ashland Ave Bomberos). Today it's really gentrified and become more diverse in racial makeup.

[squad546]

Chicago FD
Eng 30, Last firehouse with a neon sign

Interesting to see how this neighborhood has changed. Next to the engine house appears to be a Polish company of some sort. Today it's a Northwest Insurance. The neighborhood, Wicker Park, used to be a big Polish neighborhood before becoming largely Puerto Rican (hence Engine 30's nickname Ashland Ave Bomberos). Today it's really gentrified and become more diverse in racial makeup.

Yeah, it was a very Polish neighborhood until the early-mid 1980s. I remember a deli across the street from the firehouse that I went to with my grandparents. Next door was a tavern that was mostly Polish as well. There were rumors a few years ago of getting Eng 30 a new house, I think they decided to pass on it for the time being.