{"id":1416,"slug":"phoenix-fire-museum-mobile-alabama","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Phoenix is the volunteers' — the '1838' that's the companies' start, the 'No. 6' that's the house's name. The 'bought out' is the ended — the '1888' that's the paid's switch, the '$3,000' that's the equipment's price. The 'steam horses' is the kept — the 'engines' that's the floor's fill, the 'uniforms' that's the upstairs' hold.","The 'Lady Bird' is the opened — the '1964' that's the dedication's year, the 'First Lady' that's the ribbon's hand. The 'Katrina tore' is the rose — the 'roof gone' that's the storm's hit, the 'phoenix named' that's the irony's fit. Phoenix is the fought — the 'bucket brigades' that's the early's form, the 'volunteer pride' that's the companies' mark.","The file keeps Phoenix: the volunteers' house, the bought equipment, the Lady Bird open, and the risen roof.","Phoenix Fire Museum is the archive's Alabama file — the firehouse that burned and rose."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Phoenix Fire Museum is the archive's Alabama file — the volunteer house that kept its engines.","A firehouse keeps its name — the file's suggestion being that Phoenix's hold is the literal: the 'rose from ashes' that's the Katrina's fix, the 'volunteers' that's the '38's start, and the 'steam kept' that's the floor's fill."]}],"name":"Phoenix Fire Museum","aliases":[],"type":"FIRE_STATION_MUSEUM","type_label":"Fire Station Museum","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Fire station museum in Mobile; research record.","full_desc":"Phoenix Fire Museum is a fire-station museum in Mobile, Alabama. Fire station museum in Mobile; research record. The archive files it under haunted places. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend — all telling, no verified spine yet, and the file says so plainly. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.","address":"203 South Claiborne Street","city":"Mobile","county":"Mobile County","state":"Alabama","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":30.668246,"lon":-88.107853,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":"https://www.historymuseumofmobile.com/","phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Hours and free admission apply specifically to Phoenix Fire Museum; main museum address, fees, parking and accessibility are not transferred.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":56.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.8,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":656,"type":"FOOTSTEPS","description":"The guide recounts upstairs stomping and furniture disturbances. Phoenix Fire Museum in Mobile, Alabama carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The sound is the signature — visitors listen for it whether or not they believe.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.5,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part V","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-v/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The guide recounts upstairs stomping and furniture disturbances. Phoenix Fire Museum in Mobile, Alabama carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The account appears in 'Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part V'. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part V","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-v/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"opening_hours":"Tuesday–Friday 10 am–5 pm, closed 11:30 am–12:30 pm for lunch; closed Saturday–Monday and listed holidays.","admission_fee":"Free","tour_availability":"Education Department arranges tours.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-14T10:36:20+00:00","source":{"name":"Visit Us — Phoenix Fire Museum","url":"https://www.historymuseumofmobile.com/visit-us/","publisher":"History Museum of Mobile","type":"MUSEUM","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part V","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-v/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4},{"name":"Visit Us — Phoenix Fire Museum","url":"https://www.historymuseumofmobile.com/visit-us/","publisher":"History Museum of Mobile","type":"MUSEUM","authority":2}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":2}}