EXTANT FORMER FIRE HOUSE7 East Street, DowntownEngine Company 7 |
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Firehouse of Engine 7 at 7 East Street, Downtown, circa 1925. 
Firehouse of Engine 7 at 7 East Street, Downtown, circa 1930. 
Firehouse of Engine 7 at 7 East St., Downtown, circa 1935. |
HISTORYThis firehouse was built in 1923 on the same site of a firehouse built in 1870. Engine Company 7 moved back into the new firehouse on June 27, 1923. Engine Company 7 had moved into the original firehouse on this site on September 25, 1870. The firehouse is located at 7 East Street, at the corner of East Street Place, near South Station. The 1870 city report on the construction of the original firehouse: 
From the earlier firehouse, Engine 7 was first-due on September 9, 1872 to Box 52, The Great Boston Fire of 1872, which started at the corner of Summer and Kingston Streets, only a few blocks from the quarters of Engine 7. Engine 7 moved out on November 12, 1953 and the firehouse was closed. In later years its was bought and used by a commercial window and door company. In 2007 it was converted to a restaurant and remains extant. 
The June 27, 1923 invitation to the dedication ceremony of the new firehouse at 7 East Street. 
1917 Map of the South Station area shows the firehouse at 7 East Street. 
Engine 7's members & apparatus, at the (1870) firehouse on East St., circa 1870. 
Engine 7's members & apparatus, at quarters on East St., circa 1870. |