Old Fire Station / Salt Cave Spa - 8899 Kent Avenue

Year Built: 1908

Architecture Style: Colonial Revival

Key Features:

• Copula
• Large Swing-Open Doors
• Brick Construction

This building is the old fort fire station and is one of the earlier buildings at the fort, now the Salt Cave, where you can get salt spa treatments. Note the large swing-open doors. It originally housed horse-drawn fire wagons and served the entire fort. The copula on top was used as a fire watch. There was a 24/7 spotter because all buildings were heated by wood-burning and coal, and were thus greater fire hazards.

[Check out the bars on the Stockade across the Salt Cave parking lot – good view! We will talk about the Stockade shortly.]

To learn more about the Salt cave Spa, visit them here: https://indysaltcave.com/