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Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7
71-55 Metropolitan Avenue
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Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7
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Middle Village Auto Painting, 1922. Though the sign over the door in this 1922 photograph says the two-story wood-frame building is "Middle Village Auto Painting," the shape and architectural features of the building belie a different function. The bell tower and large main doors were important features of a fire house that occupied this building previously. The Fearless Hook and Ladder Co, No. 7, a local village volunteer organization occupied this building from the late 19th century (some sources say 1870 and other 1891) until 1913 when the city's fire department displaced them.
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Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7
Newtown - Old Middle Village Volunteer Fire House - Middle Village Old Middle Village Volunteer Fire House - Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7 of the Newtown Fire Dept. on the north side of Metropolitan Ave. west of Pleasantview St., opposite the second gate to the old Lutheran Cemetery (now No. 71-55 Metropolitan Ave.) - in 1922 it was the Middle Village Auto Painting Co. At right is the old Kattenstroh House at 71-57 Metropolitan Ave.
Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7
Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7
Newtown - Metropolitan Avenue - Middle Village Metropolitan Avenue - On the right is the 19th Century Kattenstroh House at what is now 71-57 Metropolitan Ave. It appears on an 1852 Map with no name listed, and was demolished in the 1980s for a Condo. The building at left, at 71-55 Metropolitan Ave., was the second home of Fearless Hook & Ladder Co. No. 7 of the Newtown Fire Dept. (in 1922 it was Middle Village Auto Painting Co.), it was also demolished in the 1980s. Photo taken March 1923.
71-41 Metropolitan Avenue
Newtown - Mrs. Way's House - Middle Village Mrs. Way's House - later the John Sutter House, and still later E. W. Girard (in the 1920s). It was a brown shingled house on the north side of Metropolitan Ave. now 71-41 Metropolitan Ave. Photo taken March 1923.
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