Cincinnati may purchase Glenway home for fire expansion

Photo courtesy of CFDHistory.com

An resolution declaring the intent of the City of Cincinnati to purchase a Glenway Avenue home for the expansion of Fire Station 24 is currently in City Council's Finance Committee.

The single-family house, built in 1896, sits on 0.181 acres at 4532 Glenway Avenue (BIRD'S EYE) and is belongs to an out-of-town owner, who is delinquent on her property taxes by nearly $6,000.

Fire Station 24, which was built in 1939, has half of the amount of living quarters, office areas and support space required of a modern fire station.

The station houses Engine 24, Ladder 24 and Rescue 24 of the Cincinnati Fire Department.

The single-family house has been used as rental property since it went on the market in 2001.

It has been on and off the market since then, with the price dropped from $80,000 to just over $30,000.

Though it does contain some mold, it has no code violations.