Fire House and Library
This file appears in: 8. The Little Red Schoolhouse
From the Islands Sounder, 1983, this photo shows a corner of the current fire hall (the roof line is just behind the large truck in the foreground) and the former location of the library, now the fire hall parking lot.
This file appears in: 8. The Little Red Schoolhouse
8. The Little Red Schoolhouse – School, Fire Hall, Diner and Library, this little building has seen it all!
Built in 1894 by Newton Jones and Jim Farnsworth, the Lopez Library began life as a schoolhouse, later serving as a restaurant and even a fire house. The lumber for the school arrived in July 1894 aboard the Schooner Port Admiral. Students went to…