Date:
08/04/2017
1
minute read
Newton Fire Museum, Newton, NJ

Built in 1891, the Spring Street Firehouse was erected after the town’s last major fire twenty years prior proved to be more than its then-current company could handle.
In 1977, the town built its present-day firehouse on Mill St, closing the Spring Street Firehouse. Not two years later, the Spring Street Fire Museum opened in 1979, offering a display of local memorabilia.
Presently, the now-monikered Newton Fire Museum has had a bit of a tumultuous relationship with the town, but as one might expect from a fire fighting-related organization, it remains on the offensive.
Original photo: Courtesy of Newton Fire Museum. Photographer and date unknown, but based on context, it was taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Recent photo: Dan Schenker, June, 2017
This is time travel. ⏳