128 Cottonwood / Old Hartland Fire Department Building
On July 2, 1893, a very serious fire in the Village of Hartland led the Village
Board to earnestly review their fire fighting plans. The first meeting of the
Hartland Fire Department was held in December 1893, and the first firehouse was
built shorty after. In July 1906, a massive fire which caused an estimated
$20,000 in damage burnt most of the buildings at the north end of Cottonwood
Avenue, including the firehouse. Work began on a new firehouse in 1909, and ironically, it also was destroyed by
fire in 1923. In 1924, this two-story structure was completed. It was also used
as a Village Hall, with the Village Board meeting on the second floor. A jail
was located in the basement. The fire department moved into their current
facility on Lawn Street in 1964 and placed this building up for sale.
If you have any historic pictures (preferably pre-WWII) that you would like to
share with the Hartland Historical Society,