Cincinnati to purchase Price Hill home for fire expansion

Cincinnati City Council has passed a resolution declaring its intent to purchase a West Price Hill home for the expansion of Fire Station 24.

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.

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

It has been used as rental property since it went on the market in 2001, and the offering price has dropped from $80,000 to $30,000.

No concrete plans for the expanded firehouse have been released.

Photo credit: CFDHistory.com

Previous reading on BC:
Cincinnati may purchase Glenway home for fire expansion (4/16/08)