Note
Completed in 1896, the building sat at 66 E. Main Steet. It continued to serve the Westminster Fire Engine & Hose Co. #1 until 1998. It still stands today.
Henry H. Harbaugh’s business, the Palace Livery Stable, and home were next door to the firehouse. A fire of unknown origin erupted there just before 3:00 a.m. on April 6, 1906. The fire began at the back of the building and swept through the frame structure so rapidly that Harbaugh, his wife, and their three sons barely escaped, fleeing the building barefoot and in their nightclothes. Harbaugh’s losses amounted to over $18,000 and included 45 vehicles, harness, household goods and furniture, clothing and 22 horses. The intense heat of the fire ignited the window frames of the firehouse and eventually spread to the interior of that building. The firehouse was saved but suffered extensive damage.