05/06/11 247 W, 1 I - + 6 - 6 Demolition of a Fire Station
Reader Dale Johnson sends this picture of Holly Springs Station 2, damaged in the April 16 tornado and presently a pile of rubble. Read about the station and the damage in this prior posting. Lee Wilson also posted a few pictures of the station, taken yesterday and last week. See those pictures here and here. Click to enlarge:
Next question, how many fire stations in Wake County have been demolished over the years and decades? They include...
- Cary FD - First fire stations, including 1953 addition to Town Hall on Chatham Street.
- Fairground FD - First fire station on Blue Ridge Road, built 1961.
- Forest Service - Towers in Apex and Knightdale, built 1940 and 1938, respectively.
- Holly Springs PS - First fire station on N. Main Street, built 1995.
- New Hope FD - First fire station at Louisburg and New Hope roads, opened 1956.
- Raleigh FD - Original Station 1 (1896), Station 2 (1870), Station 3 (1898), and Station 5 (1926).
- Raleigh FD - Second Station 2 (1914), also original drill tower (1954).
- RDU CFR - First fire stations, including multi-purpose building #3, opened 1980.
- Six Forks Road FD - First two fire stations on, yes, Six Forks Road.
- Swift Creek FD - First fire station, a shed on Tryon Road, built 1961.
- Wake Forest FD #2 - Taylor Street.
- Wendell FD - First fire stations, including Fourth Street (1952) and Hollybrook Road (c1961).
- Western Boulevard FD - Fire station at Western and Powell, opened 1957.
- Yrac FD - First fire station at Cedar and Ward, opened 1961.
- Zebulon FD - First fire station(s).