A few years ago members of Firehouse 2 were sitting at the dinner table talking excitedly about attending the upcoming Orlando Fire Conference when the Battalion Chief walked out and after listening for a few moments to our conversation said, "I don't know why you guys would go to Orlando f...
Erected in 1889, the firehouse became the first official residence of the long-standing Engine Company No. 3, known as the Rip Van Winkle Hook and Ladder Co. until changing its name in 1868 to the C.H. Evans Hook & Ladder Company in honor of Cornelius H. Evans. Evans was widely renow...