In a related story to one we posted in the blog last week, this article explores a beautiful conversion from an old firehouse to a home.
From OregonLive: “Karla Pearlstein lives in a fire station. She’s not a firefighter, but an expert in restoring historic homes. This one just happened to be built in 1912 as a firehouse.
Today, carriage doors swing wide to welcome friends. Originally, they flew open to let firemen, riding a horse-drawn ladder truck and steam pumper, respond when a ticker-tape telegraph flashed an alert.
Fire Station No. 17 in Northwest Portland’s Nob Hill sheltered five horses in stalls behind the engine room on the ground floor, and about a half dozen firefighters upstairs.”
