Raleigh Fire Department History - Alarm Boxes

68 Alarm Box Locations Listed

Box Number	Location	Installed	Notes
4	W. Morgan at water tower	pre FY 1890
4	Not Listed	pre 1903
12	Polk and East	pre FY 1902
13	Johnson and Halifax	pre FY 1891
	Northside Drugstore	pre 1903
	Person and Franklin	pre 1911
14	North and Person	pre FY 1890
	Oakwood and Person	pre 1913
	Polk and Person	pre 1915
15	Edenton and East	pre FY 1890
16	Polk and Blount	pre FY 1902
16	Peace and Blount	pre 1915
17	Wilmington and Lane	pre FY 1902
18	Edenton and Person	pre FY 1902
19	Jones and Elm	pre 1905
121	Heck and Lane	pre 1915
121	Jones and Blount	pre 1919
122	New Bern and Haywood	pre 1923
123	New Bern and Maple	pre 1915
124	Lane and Bloodworth	pre 1915
126	Mary Elizabeth Hospital	pre 1923
21	Morgan and Blount, NE corner	FY 1890
23	Martin and Washington	pre FY 1890
23	Wilmington and Martin	pre 1903
24	Davie and Bloodworth	pre FY 1890
	Davie and East	pre 1905
	Watts and Cabarrus	pre 1915
25	Wilmington and South	pre FY 1890
25	Fayetteville and South	pre 1911
26	Hargett and East, NE corner	FY 1890
26	Hargett and Swain	pre 1905
27	Blount and Cabarrus, SW corner	FY 1890
28	Smithfield and Blount	pre FY 1902
29	Fayetteville and Hargett	pre FY 1902
212	Hargett and Dawson, NE corner	FY 1890
	Fayetteville and Hargett	pre 1903
	Not Listed	pre 1909
	Swain and Davie	pre 1921
213	Morgan and East	pre 1915
214	Hargett and Bloodworth	pre FY 1902
214	Martin and East	pre 1915
215	Blount and Hargett	pre 1919
216	Hargett and Wilmington	pre 1923
231	Morgan and Fayetteville	pre 1915
235	Morgan and Blount	pre 1915
241	Martin and Oak	pre 1915
242	Lenoir and Swain	pre 1915
243	South and Bloodworth	pre FY 1905
281	Martin and Person	pre 1915
31	Davie and Dawson	pre FY 1890
32	Hillsboro and West	pre FY 1890
33	Boylan and Hargett	pre 1915
34	Fayetteville and Hargett, NE corner	FY 1890
	Lenoir and McDowell	pre 1903
	South and McDowell	pre 1915
35	Lenoir and McDowell, SE corner	FY 1890
	Hargett and Dawson	pre 1903
	Morgan and McDowell	pre 1915
36	South and Harrington	pre FY 1900
37	West and Hargett	pre FY 1900
38	Hillsboro and St. Mary's	pre 1917
39	Cutler and McCullough	pre 1917
312	Martin and Salisbury	pre FY 1902
314	Fayetteville and Davie	pre 1917
315	South and Boylan	pre 1919
321	Mills Wagon Factory	pre FY 1900
322	Hotel Raleigh (private)	pre 1922
323	Hargett and Dawson	pre 1917
333	Grape and Battle	pre 1915
341	Hillsboro and Harrison	pre 1915
342	Fayetteville and Cabarrus	pre FY 1904
41	N. Dawson between Lane and Jones	pre FY 1890
41	Lane and Harrington	pre 1903
42	Halifax and Edenton	pre FY 1890
42	Cary and Tucker	pre 1915
43	Jones and Saunders	pre FY 1900
45	Raleigh Cotton Mills	pre 1903
46	Hillsboro and McDowell	pre FY 1902
46	Edenton and Dawson	pre 1915
47	W. North , near Salisbury St.	FY 1890	Installed by R&G Railroad
	North Street near Car Shed	pre 1903	same as above?
	Salisbury and Johnson	pre 1911
412	Jones and McDowell	pre 1903
431	Boylan and North	pre 1915
432	Saunders and Johnson	pre FY 1906
434	Boylan and Devereaux	pre 1915
51	Whitaker and Glenwood	pre 1921
52	State Insane Asylum	pre 1907
53	Hawthorne Rd.	pre 1921
54	Park and Jackson	pre 1921
56	Hillsboro and Maiden	pre 1921
57	Oberlin Rd.	pre 1921

Box Locations From Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, October, 1949 (Incomplete)

Ambleside and Hawthorne, SE corner
Aycock at Dare, E side
Baseball Park between S. Wilmington St. and N. Blount St.
Dorothea Dix Hospital, Main Building x 2
Dorothea Dix Hospital, Ward 3A
Dorothea Dix Hospital, Ward 4A
Dorothea Dix Hospital, Ward 5A
DuPont Cir. and Kinsey, NE corner
E. Aycock and Sunrise, NE corner
E. Whitaker Mill and Reaves, SW corner
E. Whitaker Mill at McCarthy, S side
Everett and Chamberlain, SE corner
Everett and Chamberlain, SE corner
Fairview and Duncan, NE corner
Glenwood Ave. and Cleveland, NE corner
Glenwood Ave. and The Circle, SE corner
Harvey and Carr, NE corner
Hillsboro St. and Harrison, SE corner
Hillsboro St. and Hawthorne, NW corner
Hillsboro St. and Maiden Ln., NE corner
Hillsboro St. and St. Mary's St., NW corner
Hillsboro St. and St. Mary's St., SE corner
Jarvis and Vance, NE corner
McCullock and Cutter, NW corner
Methodist Orphanage
Mordecai and Chestnut, SE corner
Mordecai and Sycamore, NE corner
Mordecai and Sycamore, SE corner
N. Blount St. and E. Whitaker Mill, SE corner
N. Blount St. and Popular, SE corner
N. Boylan and Deveraux, NW corner
N. Boylan and Deveraux, SE corner
Oberlin Rd. and Roberts, NE corner
Park Ave. and Ashe Ave., NW corner
Park Ave. and Jackson
Poplar and N. Blount St, SE corner
Poplar at Courtland and Mordecai, E side
Raleigh Bonded Warehouse
Rex Hospital, in building
St. Mary's St. and W. Jones St., SE corner
St. Mary's St. at Brooklyn, E side
Stokes and W. Lenior, SW corner
Sunset at White Oak, N side
W. Aycock and Scales
W. Hargett and S. Boylan, NW corner
W. Morgan St. and Snow Ave., SE corner
W. Park Dr. and Ambleside
W. Whitaker Mill and Glenwood Ave., NE corner
Wake Forest Rd. and Harding St., NE corner

Box Signals (incomplete)

Year	1903, 1905, 1909, 1913	1915
1 blow	test of line
2 blows x 2	call for direct pressure
3 blows	fire under control
4 blows	direct pressure on
6 blows then 3	shut down street car plant
6 blows then 4	shut down electric light plant
7 blows then 3	call for reserve steamer
10 blows	call for police
2-2
2-1-2
3-1-2
1-1-2
4-1-2
5-5
6-6
6-1-2
7-7
7-1-2
9-9
10 blows and 2 rounds from box
15 blows
distress signal and round from box

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