Historic and Former Indianapolis Firehouses by Mike Legeros

Historic and Former Indianapolis Firehouses

Site last edited January 6, 2014

Introduction

This contains research on former and historic Indianapolis firehouses that are still standing, as compiled by Mike Legeros in April 2014

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	Address	Built	Opened	Closed	Notes	Image
Old Sta 2 / Old Sta 8	748 Massachusetts Ave.	1872	1872	1932	Opened as Station 2 on January 4, 1872. Closed as Station 2 on October 14, 1895. Opened as Station 8 on October 14, 1895. Closed as Station 8 on February 27, 1932. One story with single bay. Bought by Local 416 in 1990s. Restored and reconstructed, with facility expanded to adjacent former department story. Currently Local 416 office and meeting hall, fire museum, and fire safety educational facility.
Old Sta 9 / Old Sta 16 / Old Sta 2	1602 N. Carrolton Ave.	1881	1881	1932	Opened as Station 9 in January, 1881. Closed as Station 9 on February 8 1897. Opened as Station 16 on February 8, 1897. Closed as Station 16 on April 21, 1932. Opened as temporary Station 2 from August 1935 to December 16, 1937. Two story with single bay. Currently a residence. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 15 / Old Sta 11	1030 E. Washington St.	1896	1896	1971	Opened as Station 15 in 1896. Closed as Station 15 on May 17, 1903. Opened as Station 11 on May 15, 1903. Closed April 27, 1971. Two story with two bays. Currently an office building. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 9 / Old Sta 23	1002 W. Udell St.	1897	1897	1961	Opened as Station 9 on February 8, 1897. Closed as Station 9 on June 1, 1901. Opened as Station 23 on June 1, 1901. Closed January 10, 1961. Two story with single bay. Currently unoccupied. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 22	2357 N. Carrolton Ave.	1902	1902	1972	Opened February 15, 1902. Closed August 31, 1972. Two story with two bays. Currently a church.
Old Sta 28	512 E. 38th St.	1912	1912	1995	Opened 1912 at 512 Maple Road, renamed East 38th Street. Closed March 29, 1995. One story with single bay. Currently houses a carpentry shop.
Old Sta 12 / Old Sta 30	332 S. New Jersey St.	1912	1912	1954	Opened as Station 12 on February 5, 1912. Opened as Station 30 in December 1915. Closed April 21, 1954. Two story with three bays. Currently houses a produce wholesaler. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 7	301 E. New York St.	1914	1914	1979	Opened February, 1914. Closed June 1, 1979. Three story with four bays. Currently an office building.
Old Sta 12	339 Sherman Dr.	1915	1915	1996	Opened December, 1915. Closed March 12, 1996. Two story with two bays. Currently houses a medic unit, and also (formerly?) used by fire buffs organization. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 29	2302 S. Shelby St.	1915	1915	1991	Opened December 3, 1915. Closed April 17, 1991. Two story with two bays. Currently houses a commercial (?) tenant.
Sta 32	6330 Guilford Ave.		1922	Active	Opened October 4, 1922. Two story with single bay. Also known as Broad Ripple Town Hall and Fire Station. Photo: IFD.
Old Sta 8	636 E. 11 St.	1932	1932	1973	Opened February 27, 1932. Closed July 25, 1973. One story with two bays, with attic and basement. Currently a residence.
Sta 16	5555 N. Illinois St.	1932	1932	Active	Opened April 21, 1932. One story with two bays, attic and basement. Photo: IFD.
Old Sta 18	3130 W. Washington St.	1936	1936	1994	Opened December 31, 1936. Closed December 20, 1994. One story with two bays. Currently abandoned. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 17	1147 Madison Ave.	1941	1941	1984	Opened October 17, 1941. Closed February 17, 1984. One story with three bays, basement. Currently houses park police. Photo: GM.
Old Sta 31	1201 E. 46 St.	1952	1952	1995	Opened October 15, 1952. Closed March 29, 1995. One story with two bays, basement. Photo: GM.
Sta 20	1452 N. Emerson Ave.	1952	1952	Active	Opened September 18, 1952. One story with two bays, basement. Photo: IFD.
Old Sta 10	3809 E. 34 St.	1958	1958	1997	Opened August 25, 1958. Closed February 7, 1997. One story with two bays with basement. Photo: GM.
Sta 30	2440 N. Tibbs Ave.	1958	1958	Active	Opened October 9, 1958. Two story with two bays, basement.
Sta 25	17 S. Sheridan Ave.	1958	1958	Active	Opened November 9, 1958. One story with two bays, basement.
Sta 3	1136 E. Prospect St.	1959	1959	Active	Opened October 20, 1959. One story with two bays, with basement.
Old Sta 4	1761 S. West St.	1960	1960	1992	Opened December 22, 1960. Closed March 31, 1992. One story with two bays. City street garage.
Old Sta 23	975 Burdsal Pkwy.	1961	1961	?	Opened ? Closed ? One story with two bays.
Sta 24	5520 E. 38th St.	1961	1961		Opened ? One story with two bays.
Old Sta 26	1080 E. Hanna Avenue	1964	1964	?	Opened ? Closed ? One story with two bays. Presently houses IFD Quartermaster.
Sta 33	3430 N. Moller Road	1964	1964	Active	Opened ? One story with two bays.
Old Sta 34	3262 N. Franklin Road	1967	1967	?	Opened ? Closed ? One story with two bays.
Sta 52	11224 House Street	?		Active	Old Action Fire Department.
Old Training Grounds	901 N. Post Road	1936	?	?	Former Warren High School. Classroom building expanded in 1966. Current Indianapolis/Marion County Public Safety Training Academy for law enforcement agencies. Old training tower located in rear. Building also formerly housed some fire department offices.