The approval of more than $1.02 million in bonding through the Community Preservation Act could breathe new life to the shuttered Fall River Fire Museum on North Main Street and a partial exterior makeover to the Central Fire Station on Bedford Street, HeraldNews.com reported.
Last month the city council consented for the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) to apply for the loan that would provide $644,477 to restore the façade of the Central Fire Station on the Bedford Street side, the report said.
The CPC has funded the cost of a new roof on the still active Central Fire Station, that houses Heavy Rescue One and soon more EMS rescue crews, according to the report.
The Fire Museum, which was the former Central Fire Station, has been shuttered since 2016 when the city building inspector deemed it unsafe, the report said.
Since then, the museum has received CPA funds over the last three or four rounds, and the infusion of $463,080 from the CPA bonding for window restoration and vestibule restoration, could change the trajectory of the Fall River Fire Museum’s future, the report said. The fire museum might be open by summer, the report said.
Source: Fall River Fire Museum Facebook page.