The recently restored Palmer Fire School boasts a unique gathering place for Charlotteans. The rubble stone structure was built in the late 1930's during President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an effort to employ people in the midst of the great depression. Then Fire Chief Hendrix Palmer, which the building was named after, lobbied government officials to approve funding for construction of the facility to provide firefighters with the best training facility in the country at that time.

In thirty plus years the facility acted as a training academy and was also utilized as a social meeting place for dances and gatherings. How appropriate this unique structure be restored to its full potential and added to the National Historical Registry.