In the end of the 1800s the Aarhus Fire Department consisted mostly of small pumping stations but the explosive population growth of the previous decades meant the city needed a modern fire station.

Springborg early on advocated for a new fire station and asked the City Council to make the areaBispetoften available.

The building was constructed by plans of the architect Sophus Frederik Kühnel who also designed Elise Smiths Skole next to it.

[2] The architect of the station was Sophus Frederik Kühnel who was interested in the Italian Renaissance architecture and National romantic architecture which was starting at this time.

These inspirations have played a role in the design of the building; constructed of red bricks on a lightly curved base of ashlar.