A 130-year-old Michigan fire station has earned the distinction of being the oldest continuously manned fire station in the world.

Manistee Fire Station, located at 281 First Street, has been staffed with paid professionals every hour of every day since it first opened in 1889, according to a press release.

Guinness World Records honored the station with the title. It was the first time Guinness has ever made this particular distinction.

Fred LaPoint, Manistee Fire Department engineer paramedic, spearheaded an effort to uncover the station’s history and chase the world record.

“A little over two years ago, I embarked upon a task which for me has been a labor of love,” LaPoint said. “It was and remains a way for me to pay it forward to my brother and sister firefighters and to my community, which I have been honored to be able to serve these past 40 years.”

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LaPoint spent hundreds of hours sifting through library and history museum archives. The station’s application to Guinness contained thousands of pages of text and photos, plus audio and video files.

The Manistee Fire Station unveiled a new sign with the world record designation at a celebration on Monday.

“Historic places like the Manistee Fire Station matter because they give us a deeper appreciation and understanding of our past in a way that written documents can’t,” LaPoint said. “This plaque not only recognizes this incredible milestone, but is also a tribute to the many people and organizations that helped in so many ways to make this accomplishment possible.”