Updated: 8/20/2010 
Ellicott City Firehouse Museum
Ellicott City, Maryland
Description

Located in the County’s first firehouse at the intersection of Main St. and Church Rd. in Historic Ellicott City, the Firehouse Museum houses a wide array of fire apparatus, model toys, and an impressive visual history of Howard County’s Volunteer Fire Department. The firehouse was constructed by volunteers in 1889 and after 1923 used as a meeting hall, county office space, and library reading room before opening as a museum.

Artifact Collections
firehouse equipment including an 1891 two-wheel hand-drawn hose reel
firehouse (1894-1896) bells
1953-present toy fire equipment
1888 original miniature book from Ellicott City Volunteer Fire Department
1930s and 1940s firefighter dress uniforms
Hours of Operation
April through December
Sunday1 PM - 4 PM

Private and group tours are available year-round, weather permitting. For more information, call 410-313-5131.

Admission
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