Michigan Firehouse Museum
The Michigan Firehouse Museum and Education Center is a fire museum dedicated to the history of firefighting in the U.S. state of Michigan. It incorporates the former Ypsilanti Fire Station, a Romanesque Revival-style fire station built in 1898.Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Thursday—Sunday noon—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan
- Address: 110 West Cross Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ladies’ Literary Club Building and Frog Island Park.
Ladies’ Literary Club Building
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Ladies' Literary Club Building, also known as the William M. Davis House or the Arden H. Ballard House, was built as a private home, and is currently used as the meeting place for the Ladies' Literary Club. Ladies’ Literary Club Building is situated 530 feet south of Michigan Firehouse Museum.
Ypsilanti Historic District
Protected area
Photo: nerdtech, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ypsilanti Historic District is a historic district located along several blocks on each side of the Huron River in the center of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti Historic District is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Michigan Firehouse Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Charter Township.
Ypsilanti
Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.
Ypsilanti commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in Michigan, six miles east of Ann Arbor. "Ypsilanti" commonly refers to either or both of the City of Ypsilanti and the Charter Township of Ypsilanti, which lies mostly south of the city, with small portions to both the east and west of the city, and may also include neighboring parts of other townships.
Ypsilanti Charter Township
Town
Photo: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0.
Ypsilanti Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 55,670 at the 2020 census. The city of Ypsilanti is mostly surrounded by the township, but the two are administered autonomously. Ypsilanti Charter Township is situated 3 miles south of Michigan Firehouse Museum.
Rawsonville
Hamlet
Rawsonville is an unincorporated community on the boundary of Washtenaw County and Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Small parts of the historic community of Rawsonville lie under Belleville Lake, which is an artificial reservoir created in 1925 when the Eastern Michigan Edison Company built the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River. Rawsonville is situated 4 miles southeast of Michigan Firehouse Museum.
Michigan Firehouse Museum
- Categories: firefighting museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Southeast Michigan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.24606° or 42° 14′ 46″ northLongitude
-83.61413° or 83° 36′ 51″ westInception
1998Levels
2Open location code
86JR69WP+C8OpenStreetMap ID
way 623595835OpenStreetMap feature
building=museumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q69372418
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In Other Languages
“Michigan Firehouse Museum” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Мичиганский музей пожарной охраны”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti and First City Hall.
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