The firehouse at Central and Lake

Illinois · United States · Haunted site

He walks the firehouse and is understood to be protecting it, because that was the job.

The firehouse a block west of Central on Lake Street in Chicago has a resident that many people have seen, and the interpretation attached to him is unlike almost anything else in this collection.

He walks the building and is understood to be protecting it, from crime and from anything else that might happen to it.

The reason given is the number of people pulled out of fires by the men who worked from this house.

That is a different kind of story from the ones told about hospitals and asylums. It is not about somebody who died badly. It is about somebody continuing to do a job whose entire purpose was to keep other people alive, and the firefighters who work there now appear to find it reassuring rather than otherwise.

Chicago has an unusually intense relationship with fire for obvious historical reasons.

The firehouse is a working station.

FAQ

Where is The firehouse at Central and Lake located?

The firehouse at Central and Lake is in Illinois, United States.