Firehouse preservation in Peekskill causing controversy
Fire Ryan found this article on LoHud.com | Posted: May 4th, 2008Just about everyone in Peekskill wants the old Centennial Firehouse saved from the wrecking ball.
But where to put the old building after it is taken out of the way of a highway-widening project is dividing city leaders, preservationists and the former mayor. A concept to move the building temporarily to a parcel of city land near the Peekskill train station, or to a leased parcel nearby, is drawing fire.
The 1890 firehouse, which lost two members in a 1918 firefighting catastrophe at the Fleischmann Co. warehouse, will have to be moved by June 1 to accommodate the widening of Route 9 by the New York state Department of Transportation.
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