LIBERTY STREET

Adams at one time had an Engine and Hose Company and
Hook and Ladder. The Tempest Fire Company was established 1853 with 44 men

It had a wooden five story bell tower to the left of the station and it also housed the
village jail.

BELOW:

On May 27, 1852, the village was divided into five wards, and bylaws and regulations were adopted. These laws have been subsequently revised as the growth and interests of the village seemed to demand. The territory was also divided into three fire wards, or districts, and an appropriation of $650 was voted to purchase a fire engine. With this money the trustees purchased a "Button engine," and in 1853 Tempest fire company of 44 men was duly formed.

The Adams fire department, however, had its origin in a company formed in the village as early as 1836. A subscription fund was raised and a small crank-engine was purchased. Previous to this time there had been few serious fires in the village, but in later years, particularly in 1860 and 1866, several valuable buildings and much property were destroyed. On Dec. 15, 1860, a fire burned Saunders & Holman's machine shop, the Carter and Skinner blocks, Rosa's store and Doxtater's corner store. The conflagration of April, 1866, destroyed nearly all the business -buildings on the east side of Main street, including the Whipple block and the Whitney house.

The 1864 Map shows an Engine House located near the corner of Liberty and Main Streets.

Below in 1980 Village of Adams Water Pollution Control Plant

Below in 1980...looking out Liberty St

BUILDING WITH IRON BARS ON WINDOWS...

Below in 1980

An odd looking vacant House...the floor was a dirt floor

Along Liberty Street bank was a cheese factory established 1864 by Huestis, Lewis and Ingraham.

BELOW:

The Roy Green house, now (in 1980) used by K-B Motors (now gone) on Liberty Street was at one time
E D Spicer's candle and soap factory which showed on the 1864 map.
Also at this site once stood the A V Bettinger Carriage Manufactory

in 1980: the brick building was owned and occupied by Orville Fink and the small white house at the very
back was inhabited by Fannie Livermore. At one time it was a photography studio.

Below her house is the "Green" house.

ARCO gas station corner of Main and Liberty

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