Local historian and former Godfrey-Lee Superintendent David Britten has compiled a lot of history about the Galewood district, which which was located along Burton Street, west of Clyde Park Ave. SW, centering on Godfrey Avenue. It was the first urban area of then Wyoming Township which would become the City of Wyoming.
This picture depicts one of the township’s first fire departments, which covered Galewood, Urbanwood and Burlingame districts. The department was housed in the Steenstra’s Food Market, which was located at 1132 Chicago Dr. SW. The building is gone, replaced by a metal structure that now houses a catering business. Also, the city no longer houses its fire departments in the grocery stores, but rather has four stations strategically placed throughout the city.
