Fireman’s Hall is located in Old City Philadelphia surrounded by a lot of other historical sites such as Elfreth’s Alley, Christ Church, and the Betsy Ross House. At one time Fireman’s Hall was just one of the many firehouses in Philadelphia. It was built and operating in 1902 and then closed in 1952. The old firehouse turned into a museum in 1977, which not only contains the history of that particular firehouse, but the entire history of the entire Philadelphia Fire Department. The creation of what is known today as the Philadelphia Fire Department all started in 1733 when Benjamin Franklin wrote an article in the Pennsylvania Gazette. In that article he stated that goodwill and amateur firefighters were not enough, Franklin suggested a
