[1] In the present-day, the office is used to help residents find employment and end reliance on welfare programs.

[8] In 1982, Columbus architect John W. Spencer devised a plan to renovate the station while creating a federally-subsidized supermarket.

While the supermarket was determined to have an adverse effect on the engine house's setting, the project was to restore original features of the building, including its bell tower.

[9] The building operated as Singletary's PlazaMart, which Franklin County later bought for $460,000 and renovated for $1.5 million.

[2] On September 22, 1992, Franklin County opened the East Opportunity Center in the renovated supermarket and firehouse buildings.

[1] The firehouse reopened the same day, called Children's Firehouse, a daycare center owned by the county and run by Columbus State Community College as a free program by the county's Human Services Department.

[2] In 2022, Hammond Harkins Galleries displayed works by noted Columbus artist Aminah Robinson.