This, the second and present home of the company, was built between 1955 and 1958. (The original firehouse was at 1018 Cornwells Avenue, a block away.) There is a good history on its Web site. The white half circle above the bay doors and the white rectangles above the doors were originally windows, which looked a lot better, but leaked all the time. But it is still a nice looking, well preserved building, and the company has had tremendous volunteers and its share of heroes.
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Cornwells Fire Company Station 16 , 2049 Bristol Pike, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, 19020, United States
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Architecture, Bells, Chimes, Carillons, Buildings, Fires, Fire Companies, History
Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : I think the semicircular window is called a fanlight. Date : 2011-11-07
Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : I recall that in the sixties, the office to the left of the bay doors when facing the fire house was Vitos Barber Shop, and then Genes Barber Shop. I recall when the office on the right side was the law office of Alfred Francis Shea, and then the Bensalem Historical Society, and I heard that prior to that there had been a jeweler there that moved up to the row of stores by Clovernook Ave., and a baked goods store that was open only on weekends, and had a big after-church business on Sunday mornings. [12/30/16- There is a business card for Prices Bakery, adjacent to this fire house, in Bensalem II by the Historical Society of Bensalem Township, at p. 184. It says the phone # was Cornwells 1134. Three Bakings Daily. Open Sundays, 7 to 11 and 4 to 10.] Date : 2015-03-26
Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : My young son was asking me about fire alarm call boxes, which caused me to remember something. There used to be one on the front of this building. I forget the exact type it was. Someone wishing to report a fire would activate it, the roof siren would go off, and when firefighters reported, the person would explain the fire emergency to them. Date : 2015-05-21
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Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : I think the semicircular window is called a fanlight.
Date : 2011-11-07
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : I recall that in the sixties, the office to the left of the bay doors when facing the fire house was Vitos Barber Shop, and then Genes Barber Shop. I recall when the office on the right side was the law office of Alfred Francis Shea, and then the Bensalem Historical Society, and I heard that prior to that there had been a jeweler there that moved up to the row of stores by Clovernook Ave., and a baked goods store that was open only on weekends, and had a big after-church business on Sunday mornings. [12/30/16- There is a business card for Prices Bakery, adjacent to this fire house, in Bensalem II by the Historical Society of Bensalem Township, at p. 184. It says the phone # was Cornwells 1134. Three Bakings Daily. Open Sundays, 7 to 11 and 4 to 10.]
Date : 2015-03-26
Email : sjkc0072@aol.com
Comments : My young son was asking me about fire alarm call boxes, which caused me to remember something. There used to be one on the front of this building. I forget the exact type it was. Someone wishing to report a fire would activate it, the roof siren would go off, and when firefighters reported, the person would explain the fire emergency to them.
Date : 2015-05-21