CHITTENDEN HOTEL - 1893

On Nov. 24, 1893, Springfield firefighters provided mutual aid to the City of Columbus for a blaze that consumed the Chittenden Hotel and Henrietta Opera House. ``The fire takes from Columbus her best theater, her best hotel and a number of flourishing business enterprises,'' the Daily Democrat of Hamilton, Ohio, reported the next day.

OX TEAM - 1800s

"In the days of Fire Chief Simpson the Simpson Lumber Company horses were used in emergencies saving the city the expense of so many horses. Mr Simpson operated a lumber yard in a central location and one year when there was epizootic among the horses an ox team was used by the fire department the hose cart was too heavy for man power." - Excerpt from Benjamin F. Prince history book, 1922

OLD STATION 9

Photo: Springfield News-Sun

Old Fire Station No. 9 at17 West State St., Springfield, Ohio, closed Jan. 1, 1975

as part of a reorganization of the fire division. It housed Engine 9, Truck 9. The firefighters and equipment were transferred.