130 Year Celebration at the Plaza Firehouse; LAFD's First Fire Station

DOWNTOWN - The Plaza Firehouse, Los Angeles Fire Department's first Fire Station, is celebrating 130 years on Saturday, August 16, at the El Pueblo Historic Monument located near Olvera Street in the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District. The event is free to the public, and all are welcome.

 

This historic milestone is being celebrated by showcasing:
 

• Historic rigs and fire apparatus
• Rarely seen photos & artifacts on display
• Arts & crafts tables
• Living history performances at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the Pico House

Spend the day celebrating this anniversary of the oldest firehouse in Los Angeles, which operated from 1884 to 1897. Since then the building has been used as a saloon, cigar store, poolroom, "seedy hotel", Chinese market, "flop house", and drugstore. The building was restored in the 1950s and opened as a firefighting museum in 1960.

 

Saturday, August 16, 2014

10 AM to 3 PM

501 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

 

The Plaza Firehouse is California Registered Historical Landmark No. 730. The plaque reads "Dedicated to the firemen of the Los Angeles Fire Department--past, present and future--who since 1871, by their courage and faithful devotion to duty, have protected the lives and property of the citizens of Los Angeles from the ravages of fire."

 

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: Los Angeles Fire Department | LAFD Historical Society | Fuego Tech Fire Rangers | African American Firefighter Museum | Burbank Fire Department | Vernon Fire Department | FDNY Rescue 5 | Crown Fire Coach Club | Presented by: El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, El Pueblo Park Association, & the Box 15 Club.

 

Submitted by Erik Scott, Spokesman

Los Angeles Fire Department