EXTANT FORMER FIRE HOUSE363 Albany Street, South End, BostonFire Department Shops |
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Old Fire Department Shops, at 363 Albany St., South End, circa 1905. 
Old Fire Department Shops on Albany St. after the Blacker & Shepard Fire in 1910. |
HISTORYThe Fire Department Shops were occupied for the first time on July 11, 1885. The Shops were part of the Fire Department Headquarters complex located on adjacent property at 60 Bristol St. The Shops were destroyed during the Blacker and Shepard Lumber Yard fire on August 9, 1910. The fire also severly threatened the Department Headquarters building on adjacent property at 60 Bristol Street. The Shops were closed when Fire Headquarters and the Shops moved in 1951 to 115 Southampton Street in Roxbury, about one mile away. In the 1970's the building was renovated into a homeless shelter. The building remains extant, and the Pine Street Inn occupies the building at this time. 
1917 map shows the location of the Fire Department Shops at 363 Albany St., South End. |