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Portland Central Fire Station on September 10, 2008
Construction of Portland's new Central Fire Station began in 1949, facing Front Avenue between Ash Street and Vine Street.
Portland Central Fire Station on September 10, 2008
Designed by Jones and Marsh Architects, it was completed in 1951.
Portland Central Fire Station Cornerstone on September 10, 2008
The dedication plaque names City Commissioner Kenneth L. Cooper and Bureau of Fire Chief Edward Grenfell.
Jeff Morris Memorial Fire Museum on September 10, 2008
Next to Portland's Central Fire Station was the Jeff Morris Memorial Fire Museum, built in 1977 by the Friends of Jeff Morris Committee using public and private funds. Battalion Chief Jeff Morris pioneered fire prevention education in Portland until his death in 1974. The museum was dedicated in his memory in May 1986. It has since been relocated to the Belmont Firehouse. The space is now the Portland World Market.
Jeff Morris Memorial Fire Museum on September 10, 2008
The front wall of the museum building includes a bank vault door frame originally from the Ladd & Tilton Bank Building, which was at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Stark Street from 1868 to 1954. After the building was demolished, the exterior cast-iron elements were preserved, and were later used to enlarge Salem's similarly-styled Ladd & Bush Bank Building.
Ankeny Square Columns on September 10, 2008
These cast iron columns along Front Avenue adjacent to the Jeff Morris Memorial Fire Museum came from a demolished building and mark the entrance to Ankeny Square, which serves at part of the Portland Saturday Market on weekends.
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