Historic Firehouse Transformed into Accounting Firm Offices

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will celebrate the redevelopment of the historic former Pikesville Firehouse, which was recently renovated and opened as accounting firm Katz & Luxenburg.

The firehouse once housed Baltimore County Fire Department's Station 2, and has been vacant for 11 years, according to the business' website.

The station opened in 1921 and firefighters worked there until 1999. "A registered Historic Landmark, we have retained the original architecture and created a commercial interior space," the firm's newsletter states.

The event will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28, at the firm, 1212 Reisterstown Road.

Councilwoman Vicki Almond, Pikesville Chamber of Commerce Director Sherrie Becker and a few firemen who worked at the former firehouse are expected to attend as well, according to the Office of the County Executive.

Katz & Luxenburg is a merger between Katz & Co. and Luxenburg and Associates. For more information on the firm, visit http://klcpaonline.com/about/.

This is the second press conference Kamenetz has held in Pikesville since he took office.

On Dec. 8, his first press conference as county executive was held at the corner of Reisterstown Road and Sudbrook Lane. There he at the site for the former Backfin Restaurant.

Developer Tim Yusufov's 10,000-square-foot, two-story structure with partial basement is under construction as the future site for Pikesville's Health-Way Pharmacy, doctors offices and other retail.

But Kamenetz has been no stranger to the area.

Among his visits:

• On Dec. 2 he joined VIPs and Pikesville residents and lit the menorah at .
• On Feb. 14 he cut the ribbon on $450,000 of renovations to the .
• On the same day, he announced at Randallstown's Liberty Road Plaza that a will be built there, replacing the defunct shopping center that formerly housed Valu Food.