The City of Chicago has a closed firehouse for sale. **THIS PROPERTY IS NO LONGER FOR AVAILABLE**
Former Chicago firehouse for sale. City of Chicago photo
1405 E. 62nd Place
Located just a few blocks west of the lakefront, this firehouse sits on 62nd Place, a quiet dead-end street off Dorchester Avenue. Adjacent vacant lot at corner of Dorchester and 62nd Place is also available. The parcel is trapezoidal in shape and abuts the railroad tracks. The main firehouse structure is 2-stories tall and is clad in red brick and gray limestone. The 1-story addition to the east incorporates two apparatus doors.
- Zoning: B3-3
- Approximate Lot Size: 120′ x 120′
- Approximate Building Area: 4,480sf
- Woodlawn TIF
- Condition:Building requires complete rehabilitation.
- Ward: 20
- PIN: 20-14-416-002-0000
For more information call: HED’s Real Estate Division at 312.744.2777
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thanks Dan
#1 by Brad on January 18, 2015 - 9:57 AM
What happened 2 it did the roof collapse and interior all rotted? Im an owner of hammertime construction and the building would be great 2 run company out of while i worked on main firehouse and do you know the asking price?
#2 by Bill Post on November 26, 2014 - 8:21 PM
ZacK I have never found the study on line however it was at one time at the City Hall Municipal Reference Library where they allowed you to look at it but it had to remain at the Library and it couldn’t be checked out or borrowed.
When I last looked at it, I did make copies of certain key pages of the report.
This report was from the mid 1980;s.
#3 by Zack Newton on November 26, 2014 - 6:38 AM
Bill, is there anywhere you can access that “In House Study” online? I’ve always wanted to read it and see what it had to say.
#4 by Bill Post on November 25, 2014 - 2:19 AM
That fire house has a very Interesting and unique History. While the main part (west end 2 story) building was opened in October of 1915 for Truck 16, the story of the newer two bay “addition” is in my opinion more interesting.
The 2 bay addition at 1407 E 62nd place was opened on April 18th 1960 “specifically” as a temporary quarters for Engine 60 and Truck 37 who happened to be relocated to Truck 16’s house on May 22nd 1959 after Engine 60 and Truck 37’s old station was closed at 5439 S Lake Park avenue.
Engine 60 was originally located in a small one bay garage that was owned by the city at 1415 E 62nd place.Engine 60 was in the garage while the crew lived at Truck 16’s quarters at 1405 E 62nd place. Truck 37 was located just west of Truck 16 quarters literally on the outside of the building with a specially put together canvas awning enclosure for the Truck to be parked underneath when in “quarters”. About 11 months later when the new addition was opened Engine 60 and Truck 37 moved in and they both stayed there until September 4th 1963 when their new (current station) was opened. So Truck 16’s house was literally a double Truck and single Engine Station for over 4 years and 3 months.
After Engine 60 and Truck 37 moved into their new station. Truck 16 reverted back to being a single Truck house and the addition was used to store out of service apparatus.
Engine 63 and the old 8th Battalion didn’t move into Truck16’s quarters until September 2nd 1969. Engine 63 and the old 8th Battalion were located only about a mile west of Truck 16 at 6330 S Maryland avenue.
Eleven months before Engine 63 and Battalion 8 moved in Salvage Squad 5 ( a new company) was put in service at Truck 16 on October 1st 1968. So for 11 months the station was a Truck and Squad house.Salvage Squad 5 was moved into Engine 72 and Truck 34’s house on March 2nd 1971 however they were moved back to Engine 63 and Truck 16 on November 15th 1971. They were taken out of service on March 31st 1972.
Battalion 8 was moved into Engine 47 , Engine 51’s and Truck 30’s new house on December 12th 1975. BLS ambulance 89 was put in service there on June 15th 2000.
On December 8th 2003 Engine 63 Truck 16 and BLS ambulance 89 were relocated to their new station at 1440 E 67th street.
Their new station was only about 2 blocks north of Engine 100’s station so on March 8th 2004 Engine 100 was taken out of service.
The irony about that is that in 1986 (approximately) the Chicago fire department had done an “in house study” in which Truck 16 was recommended to be relocated to Engine 81’s house and Engine 63 was recommended to be taken out of service and it’s manpower be used to create a new Truck company located with Engine company 75 at new station which was recommended to be built at approximately 200 East 130th street. Engine 100 would have remained in service. The new station proposed for Engine 75 (in addition to 3 other new stations to be built on the far south side) were never built.
#5 by CFD 1979 on November 24, 2014 - 7:58 PM
The new firehouse for Engine 63 and Truck 16 was the first house built of the “modern era” houses.
#6 by Crabby Milton on November 24, 2014 - 5:19 PM
Thanks for the info Brian. The new station looks nice and can make one forget about the old one but still…
#7 by Robert on November 24, 2014 - 4:24 PM
I don’t know why but I want it
#8 by tom sullivan on November 24, 2014 - 3:53 PM
it says it needs a complete rehabilitation,,,, that would be an understatement !
#9 by Brian on November 24, 2014 - 3:37 PM
A new station was built in the area a few years ago, this is the former home of E63 and T16
#10 by Crabby Milton on November 24, 2014 - 3:06 PM
Did CFD build a new station near by at some point? How long was this vacant? Even in the case that a new one was built to replace a station, it does make me a bit sad to see an empty station. Even one that is sold and repurposed makes me think about old times. Here in Milwaukee, there is a station that was closed back in the mid 1990’s after a new one was built(Engine 35). Well the old one is still there and was sold and is now a glass studio or somesuch thing. I like to walk in the cemetery across the street once in awhile and seeing the station, I still picture the rigs that were there and and even expect the doors to open and have them rour out. Sorry for waxing nostalgia but I guess some of us do that when seeing such things.