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Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati

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Built
  
1906

Area
  
3,642 m²

Founded
  
1977

Added to NRHP
  
18 July 1974

NRHP Reference #
  
74001510

Phone
  
+1 513-621-5553

Architectural style
  
Renaissance architecture

Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Location
  
311 W. Court St., Cincinnati, Ohio

Address
  
315 W Court St #1, Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Saturday10AM–4PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PM

Similar
  
National Underground Railroad, American Classical Music Hal, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Lloyd Library and Museum, Aviation Museum of Kentucky

Profiles

The Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati, also known as the Cincinnati Fire Museum, preserves and exhibits Greater Cincinnati, Ohio's firefighting artifacts and honors firefighters, both past and present.

Over 200 years of firefighting history is on display in the Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati. Exhibits include examples of early leather fire buckets, an 1808 fire drum, the oldest surviving fire engine in Cincinnati, and an 1836 hand pumper. The museum also features and interactive exhibit that allows visitors to experience a modern Emergency-One fire engine cab by wailing the siren, ringing the bell, and flashing the lights.

Court Street Firehouse

The fire museum is housed in the restored 1907 Court Street Firehouse at 315 West Court Street (near Plum Street in Downtown Cincinnati). The firehouse was part of the Cincinnati Fire Department. The Court Street Firehouse is a registered historic building, listed in the National Register on July 18, 1974.

References

Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati Wikipedia