Durham Fire Department
Durham Fire Department
Submitted by gary on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 6:14pmThe Durham Fire Department was established in ~1890 with the "Golden Belt Hose Company." The first station was located at Holloway and North Mangum Streets, in the core of downtown.
FIRE STATION #1 (FIRST)
Fire Station #2 was built in the midst of the later Liggett and Myers (then American Tobacco) factory buildings on West Main Street in 1902
FIRE STATION #2
And in 1911, Fire Station #3 followed on the east side of downtown, at South Elizabeth and East Main
FIRE STATION NO. 3 (ORIGINAL)
Durham would rely on these three fire stations until the mid-1920s.
In 1924, Fire Station # 1 was replaced with a new, Milburn and Heister-designed structure that was similar in style to the original.
FIRE STATION #1 (SECOND)
And for the first time in 15 years, the number of stations would expand in 1926 with the construction of Station 4 on McMannen Street (later South Mangum Street,) serving the burgeoning neighborhoods south of downtown.
FIRE STATION #4 (MCMANNEN STREET)
In 1950, the original Fire Station #2 was demolished, and a new Station 2 was built significantly farther west, in the core of West Durham on Ninth Street.
FIRE STATION #2 (NINTH STREET)
In 1957, Company 3 would move eastward on East Main Street to the core of East Durham, at East Main and South Driver.
102 SOUTH DRIVER / FIRE STATION #3 (SECOND)
And in that same year, Station 4 would relocated to Pekoe and Fayetteville
FIRE STATION #4 - FAYETTEVILLE ST.
In 1960, the number of stations would expand again with the addition of Station 5 on Chapel Hill Road, in the Lakewood Park neighborhood
FIRE STATION #5
In 1964, Company 1 moved to a new Fire Station #1, although the 1924 station was not demolished - this 1964 station remains its home today.
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