Night of raging flames (top) and morning after (below)
On Sept. 15, 1956, a roaring fire engulfed the King Building at 21 South Fountain Ave. in Springfield, Ohio. The King Building was located between the State Theater and the Arcue Building in the heart of downtown. Fire division ladder pipes and master streams propelled cascades of water on the flames breaching the roof and arched-facade. The King Building was owned by the family of Robert Quigley King, who served as Springfield's fire chief from 1879 until 1891.
