St. Joseph Fire Museum

The St. Joseph Fire Museum located at 1202 S.11 th St. is St Joseph’s newest addition to the museum system. The Fire Museum displays an extensive pictorial history of the St Joseph Fire Department.

The Fire Museum began its existence as Fire Station #5 in 1938. It was constructed in the height of the depression in 1938 through the use of W.P.A. funds. The Works Progress Administration was created for economic relief. It provided unemployed workers meaningful employment.

The museum was closed on the Saturday that we visited St. Joseph. But one of the most unusual items is the fire hydrant fence. They used real fire hydrants to create a fence and that was cool.

We just took a picture in front of a brick wall that had names of people and businesses.

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