It was also loaded onto a train and traveled to Boston where it was used to fight the Great Boston Fire of 1872 and is credited with saving the South Meeting House, Achilles said.

Photos in the downtown fire station, taken the day the Kearsarge arrived in Market Square, show city firefighters lined up in front of it, depicted in sepia tones that fail to capture the Kearsarge's brass, copper and three shades of red paint. It originally had a companion carriage for hauling hoses but that was lost to time.

The captain headed up the stairs to alert the firefighters. Police were contacted. The man followed the captain and then confronted the firefighters who’d come downstairs.

Speaking unintelligibly, the man appeared irate and began throwing chairs at the firefighters, Holden said.

Firefighters tried to subdue him but he struggled away and ran out through the broken glass door. When he tripped and fell on the street, firefighters held him until officers arrived.

Armando Arenas Altamirano, 27, of Petaluma, was arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon on a firefighter, vandalism, being under the influence of drugs and possessing drug paraphernalia, according to Petaluma police.

The chief is hoping all those involved in the project, including the mayor, members of the City Council and the Building Committee and representatives from the construction and architecture crews, will join the ribbon-cutting ceremony so firefighters can show their appreciation.

Among the renovations included making separate bunkrooms and bathrooms for men and women in one of the city's five fire stations. This is the second fire station in the city to make such accommodations

"Firefighting used to be very male-dominant, and it still is, but there are more females in the fire service now than ever," the chief said.

He described the fire station, which was built in the 1960s, as more of an "old bunker" before the remodel.