The firehouse building is visibly similar to Engine House No.

[1] Around 1966, the fire department vacated the building, moving to a new facility at 1245 Indianola Avenue.

1 instead came to house these items, as the Central Ohio Fire Museum.

[5] In 1982, a new owner, a local developer, submitted plans to restore and rehabilitate the building while turning it into a hardware store.

In August 1994, the labor union nominated the building to the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, and it was approved and listed in November of that year.