Evanston Fire Department history Part 54

From Phil Stenholm:

Another installment in the History of the Evanston Fire Department.

In its most recent inspection of the EFD in 1935, the National Board of Fire Underwriters (NBFU) recommended that Truck Company 2 be moved from Station #1 to a new Station #2 in South Evanston, which would have space for an aerial ladder truck. It also suggested creating a third truck company at a new Station #3 in North Evanston, also with room for an aerial ladder truck. Additionally, Engine Company 5 was to be relocated from Station #1 to a fifth station in the area of Grant and Central Park in northwest Evanston. Chief Dorband took these recommendations very seriously when designing the new fire stations.

The new Station #2 was built as a two-story, three-bay “headquarters” station, complete with space for a tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck and EFD administrative offices. It was located on the southwest corner of Madison and Custer, just one block west of the old Station #2. The former Station #2 at 750 Chicago Avenue was later sold to a private individual and converted into an automobile dealership, and eventually became a restaurant about twenty years later.

The new Station #3 was a single-story, three-bay structure, with one bay long enough to eventually accommodate a tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck. It was constructed on a vacant lot owned by the Metropolitan Sanitary District and leased to the City of Evanston. Located on the east side of the North Shore Channel, it was a block west of Evanston Hospital and about a mile from the Northwestern University campus. The site was at the northeast corner of Central Street and what had been Cooper Avenue before the canal was built in 1908, roughly a mile east of the old Station #3. The former Station #3 at 2504 Green Bay Road was sold and turned into a photography studio.

However, the construction of Fire Station #5 proved to be more complicated than expected.

Chief Dorband’s plan called for Station #5 to be built on what used to be Bennett Avenue, between Perkins Woods and Lincolnwood Elementary School. A portion of Bennett Avenue between Grant and Colfax streets had been closed when Perkins Woods was established as a Cook County Forest Preserve in the 1920s, but the right-of-way remained city-owned. Station #5’s first-due area would cover all of northwest Evanston and a large part of the 5th Ward, including the area north of Church Street and west of the C&NW RR Mayfair Division freight tracks.

The planned station was to be a long, narrow, single-story, one-bay residential-style firehouse, set back several hundred feet from the street. The single apparatus bay would be on the south side of the building, with access via a driveway onto Grant Street. The living quarters would include a living room, kitchen, dining room, bunk room, bathroom with a shower, a captain's office, a large storage room, and a watch desk with a radio and telephone, divided into two sections by a long hallway. The front entrance and parking area would be on the Colfax Street side, and the station would have the address 2700 Colfax Street.

However, the Lincolnwood School PTA raised concerns, arguing that a fire station so close to the school could pose a danger to children if emergency vehicles were responding while students were arriving or leaving. The city council agreed, but Chief Dorband was furious, pointing out that the aldermen had previously approved the construction of Fire Station #1 on Lake Street in 1949, even though it was just a half-block from St. Mary’s School.

With the Perkins Woods site no longer viable, the city considered a playground park at the northeast corner of Simpson and Bennett (now Porter Park) as an alternative. It was already city-owned and closer to the 5th Ward than the original location. But local residents objected to replacing their park with a fire station. Plus, the site was nearly two miles away from some parts of the High Ridge neighborhood in northwest Evanston.

Desperate for a solution, the city council looked at a vacant lot at the northwest corner of Central Park Avenue and the south alley of Central Street. It was available at a reasonable price and had just enough space for a two-bay Chicago FD-style firehouse. However, Northminster Presbyterian Church leaders opposed the idea, claiming that having a fire station nearby would disrupt Sunday services, Wednesday evening prayer meetings, and choir practice.

Finally, with a voter mandate to build a new station in northwest Evanston and the necessary funds, the city council reluctantly purchased a lot on the south side of Central Street at Reese Avenue. Though it cost more than the aldermen had hoped, the footprint was large enough for a two-bay firehouse. While this location was half a mile farther from the 5th Ward than the original Perkins Woods site, it was well-suited to serve northwest Evanston up to Crawford and Old Glenview Road.

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