Main Street Fire Station (Florence, Ky.)
Item
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Title
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Main Street Fire Station (Florence, Ky.)
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Alternate name
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Florence Fire Station (Florence, Ky.)
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Description
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Historic Status: National Register of Historic Places
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Floor Plan: Irregular
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In 1934, Albert Hue began organizing a squad to fight fires in Florence. He used his own money to buy a 1913 Ahrens-Fox pumper for $75 and borrowed 500 feet of hose from the Elsmere Fire Department. In 1936, the Florence Volunteer Fire Department was organized.
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The Florence Fire Station building was built in 1937, and was in use until 2014. The City of Florence maintains the building as the “Historic Main Street Fire Station.”
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Has beginning
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Construction Date: 1937
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Identifier
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Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory designation: BE 367
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National Register reference number: 88003301
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National Archives identifier: 123845608
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Full address
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269 Main Street
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Latitude
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39.07254156
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Longitude
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-84.809968
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Target coordinates
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689454.499 m
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4327109.461 m
Florence (Ky.)
