In that year, the fire department completed its conversion to all-motorized apparatus, enabling a more rapid response and necessitating fewer firehouses overall.

But facilities grew larger, and in outlying suburban areas, more land was available to spread the stations over a more convenient single floor.

Following neo-Georgian principles, the main block of the front-gabled brick building is symmetrically composed, but the dormitories are placed to the side in a secondary wing, creating a T-shaped plan.

A majestic four-story hose tower rises at the rear, balancing the design and creating a conspicuous neighborhood landmark.

[3]The department's Robert “Bob” Marshall "loved firefighting so much" that he commuted 80 miles to work there, before he was killed in a non-work-related accident in 2018.