The capton on this photo read as follows:FINEST FIRE HOUSE
The new home of the Union Fire Company of Washington Crossing and Titusville, is regarded as the finest fire house in this section and will be officially dedicated soon. The colonial styled structure is of brick and is located halfway between Washington Crossing and Titusville.
It has a fireproof engine room 20 by 20 feet, a meeting room of the same size and an auditorium 40 by 80 feat on the second floor. In addition there is a large kitchen equipped with all modern appliances. On the side of the building facing the River Road is a tile bust Of George Washington and under it the name, "Union Fire Company." The bust and name plate are the gifts of Herman C. Mueller, of Trenton, president of the board of trustees of the School of Industrial Arts, who has a Summer home at Washington Crossing. The building committee in charge" of construction work included: Walter H. Hankin, architect; William H. Blackwell, chairman; Raymond H. Cadwallader, Isaac B. Lipman, J. Hart Smith, George Barnhart, Lambert Cadwallader, and Fire Chief Herbert N. Scudder.
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