The building housed firemen (on and off duty) , a town hall with stage and dressing room, and the Chamber of Commerce on the second floor. On the first floor, besides the fire trucks in the north part, was the city hall in the southern section. After closing as a firehouse in 1969, the building became a local museum for a few years. Every firehouse seems to have a Dalmatian mascot, but this one had a fox terrier, Jack, whose tiny grave is marked by an inscribed stone near the northwest comer. The bell that once topped the building warned of fires and other calamities and also proclaimed good news, such as the end of World War I.