Coppell's FIRST Government Buildings - Coppell, TX
N 32° 57.310 W 097° 00.394
14S E 686327 N 3648080
A sign placed by the Coppell Historical Society is on the former fire station at 616 S Coppell Rd, Coppell, TX, providing some information about the city's earliest government buildings, now the offices of Mantis Innovation.
Waymark Code: WM16EYM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2022
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The sign provides some history, with this building and the adjacent city hall as the first and second city buildings, the third being a latecomer:
This building was Coppell's first fire station, built by J.T. Maynard in 1958. A siren beside it would sound when someone called the department's phone number. Anyone around at the time would hurry to answer the phone while the town's volunteer fire department members assembled. The building's one bay was later expanded to two, then to three.
The building next door, built in late 1959 also by Maynard, was Coppell's first city hall. It was originally one big meeting room. When the town hired its first city secretary, Ernest Gentry, the City Council started meeting in the school cafeteria, and Gentry and R.M. Johnson, Coppell's first mayor, shared offices in the building. It was later expanded by volunteers to include two jail cells and became the home of the Coppell Police Department.
In 1972, a third building was added behind the other two that served as the city permit office and as the office of George Campbell, Coppell's first city manager.
In 2012, the property was purchased and renovated to house the offices of Amcat Adjusting Services.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1958
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