The McKownville Fire Company was established
in 1918. From 1928 to 1935 the Country Club Garage operated as the
McKownville Firehouse. The fire truck was kept on the upper floor
and was dispatched from the firehouse with a ramp. Early fire equipment
included an alarm consisting of a locomotive tire that was hit with
a sledgehammer. Other equipment was a two-wheeled hose cart with a
chemical tank.
In 1933 land was given by the Shell
Oil Company to the town for a firehouse on Arcadia Street. It was
dedicated on April 6, 1935. The present building is located at 1250
Western Avenue in Mcknownville, and was originally built to be a firehouse.
It has three bays and contains three pumpers and a squad truck.
The Country Club Garage in McKownville,
built c. 1915 and demolished in the late 1960's. From 1928 to 1935
it served as the McKownville Firehouse. The truck was kept on the
upper floor which was reached by a ramp. Operated in its earlier days
by O. Wendell Holmes, it was later Pete Lampman's. Vincent's Grille
adjoined it on the West. Its site is now occupied by Across the Street
Pub. Picture courtesy
of Guilderland Historical Society Calendar 1983.
