NORTHFIELD — A plaque commemorating Northfield’s first fire station will probably be ready for unveiling in October, Historical Commission Chairwoman Carol Lebo said.
From 1928 to 1953, the building behind Town Hall, which is now used by the Boy Scouts, was Northfield’s fire station, said Steve Seredynski, chairman of the Town Hall Master Plan Committee.
When it was in use by the fire department, the building held two small trucks. After upgrading to new, larger trucks that could no longer fit in the building, the department moved out. The Boy Scouts started using the building at some point in the 1950s, Seredynski said.
At Town Meeting in May, the town voted to allow the Community Preservation Act Committee to spend $950 on a plaque that would go outside the building, marking its historical status.
At a meeting on Monday, the Historical Commission decided on a design for the plaque. It will be cast aluminum with silver lettering on a black pebble background.
The plaque will take about six weeks to make, Lebo said, so she expects it to be ready by the second week of October.
When it is ready, the Historical Commission will hold a ceremony to unveil the plaque, Lebo said.