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Highland Bayou Fire Dept.
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Highland Bayou Fire Dept.
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created by Jason
on 11/13/2008 8:51 PM
last modified by yeya
on 7/3/2023 7:27 PM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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A 1970 Fire Station that has been empty since at least 1987 the building is falling apart with no one caring for the building or the grounds the roof has water damage there has been some vandalism to the fire truck and there are animals living in the space between the roof.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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Busy Highway in front and Houses next door.
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Pretty much everything was left behind when they moved into their new building including the fire truck with lights and radio, fire suits and there equipment air tanks, masks, tools, hoses, some paper work about the calls they went on and a few other odds and ends.
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wooden boarding
Padlock on the door
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The Bayou Vista Volunteer Fire Department was Established in 1979 they used this building from at least 1979 to around 1987 however the building was built in 1970 as to what it was used for before 1979 I'm not sure of but a good guess would be some type of fire station. On a trip to Texas in 2005 I found this place by mistake and at that time you could walk right into the place it was wide open with no locks or boarded up windows and the fire truck was dirty but in great shape. Over the next 3 years I visited this place maybe 5 times but on one of my last trips I found the windows boarded up and a padlock on the door after a few months I went back one last time as I was leaving Texas and wanted to see it again on this trip in the day time I found the padlock cut and laying on the ground so I went in only to see that someone had vandalized the old fire truck breaking the windows and taking the radio and some of the lights. I had talked to the owner at one time seeing if I could buy the place as a garage for my cars unfortunately he was unable to sell it due to some problems with another owner. After I found the place had been broken into I tried to get in touch with the owner again however he since had his number made private and I did not have time to track him down to let him know what had happened. It's been almost a year since I was there last I only hope it's in at least the same shape it was in last time I was there. For anyone who goes there I hope you are able to see some of the stuff in the pictures if it's still there and be careful as there is a busy highway in front and houses right behind the old fire station.
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There are no future plans right now as the owner cannot sell the building due to some kind of fight with other part owners that's what I was told so more than likely it will sit this way for years to come.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 7/4/2023 4:09 AM.
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on Jul 4 23 at 4:09, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jul 3 23 at 19:27, yeya changed the following: Status
on Nov 14 08 at 5:42, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Nov 14 08 at 5:38, Emperor Wang changed the following: Province / State (please use full name)
on Nov 14 08 at 5:37, Steed validated this location
on Nov 14 08 at 2:33, Bustedknuckle changed the following: City
on Nov 14 08 at 0:30, Jason changed the following: Province / State (please use full name)
on Nov 14 08 at 0:25, Jason made this location available
on Nov 14 08 at 0:25, Jason changed the following: History, Interesting Features
on Nov 14 08 at 0:19, Jason updated gallery picture Jason pics 348.JPG
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