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Built in 1894, Atlanta's oldest standing firehouse was the first to hire Black firefighters and served the Sweet Auburn neighborhood until 1991; a young Martin Luther King Jr. played behind it, and it now tells the story of the fire department's desegregation.
Historic Fire Station No. 6 is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7554, -84.3720 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park (national park site), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Martin Luther King Junior and Coretta Scott King Grave, and Harper House.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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