Once a flooding problem, now the site for the Tallahassee Firefighter Memorial.  The Hydrant “Garden of Greatness” was the brain-child of Maurice Majszak, Senior Fire Plans Examiner and approved by Fire Chief Cindy Dick.  The area just outside of Fire Station 1 is now filled with a variety of hydrants that were once operational throughout the city of Tallahassee, FL.  In partnership with Water Utilities and Culpepper Company, Inc., out of service fire hydrants were gathered by Water Utilities, Keith Shannon and Charles Goodwin, sandblasted, repainted, and 8 hydrants were set in place in February 2008.  Two addition hydrants were added in June 2008.  Culpepper Company, Inc., went in partnership with the City of Tallahassee Fire Department and donated labor and concrete to this project.  Leonard Coggins and Tom Stanley, were instrumental in coordinating and accomplishing this endeavor.  Concrete was donated by Trinity Concrete and finishing was done by RJW Construction.  The Hydrants sit in an area that will soon be home to brick pavers purchased by businesses or individuals that support the Firefighter Memorial which is being spearheaded by Lt. Judi Davison.  The goal is to raise enough money from the sale of pavers and hydrants to purchase a life size bronze firefighter statue to stand amongst them. Behind the Hydrants are plans for a wall, similar to the paver project, but made out of a specific kind of rock to be determined.  Members of the Tallahasseee Fire Department will be able to purchase sections that will be placed on the wall and dedicated solely to them, the members of the Tallahasee Fire Department, past, present and future. All together creating the Tallahassee Firefighter Memorial, home to the "Hydrant Garden of Greatness" and the "Wall of Courage".

Several of the fire hydrants were manufactured by Renssalaer and bear the name “Corey” on the bonnet. Rensselaer Valve Mfg Co was located in Troy, New York and manufactured fire hydrants from the 1880's until around 1969. Their earliest hydrant was patented in 1889 and had a slide gate design mainvalve. All subsequent Rensselaer Valve models used a toggle action main valve which is the reason for the off-center operating nut. What is presumed to be the second model the company developed, the List 90, dates back to before 1895 and is commonly referred to as a "Corey" hydrant after the inventor William W. Corey of St. Louis, Missouri. Their next model, the L-90A, was produced from the 1940s to the mid-1950s. The company's final model, the L-90B, was produced from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Rensselaer fire hydrants can still be found in service throughout the United States.

At the time that the company went out of business, it was acquired by Ludlow Valve, another fire hydrant manufacturer in Troy, NY. After the acquisition, hydrants manufactured by the company were cast with " Ludlow - Rensselaer."