The building has been in existence for 111 years, after all, making it "one of the older firehouses in Minnesota," Virginia Fire Marshal Chris Clark told the Mesabi Daily News.
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The department, however, has been around even longer. This year marks the Virginia Fire Department's 125th anniversary.
On March 10, 1893 — four months after Virginia was voted to village status — "nearly all the able-bodied men met to form the community's first firefighting company," according to a written history of the department.