Then & Now: Brittan Square Fire Barn, Burncoat Street, Worcester
Some called it the fire barn, a casual term that faded with the memory of horse-drawn fire equipment.
The original fire house at 19 Burncoat St. in Worcester, built in 1893 to serve the Lincoln and Burncoat streets section of the city, was mostly called the Adams Square Fire House in the early days.
And then, for reasons not clear, there was a name change: The area became Brittan Square, as it remains known.
The Brittan Square Fire Station OK, barn, for our nostalgic readers remained in service through the mid-1960s. It was rundown, having not seen significant upgrades since its horse-drawn beginnings.