Station 4

121 Northway Court
Opened June 24, 1993

Faces north
View plaque
5,298 square feet, one story
Architect: William C. McGee, Jr. / Builder: R. P. Construction

History: The original Station 4 opened at 505 Jefferson Street in the Glenwood suburbs on June 15, 1926. The lot was purchased on October 26, 1925, from Hubert D. Arnold and his wife for $1,700. The construction bid was awarded on February 18, 1926, to John F. Danielson for $8,754.00.
Engine 4 operated a 1926 American LaFrance pumper. The first call was received from Box 43 for an oil stove fire at 6:35 p.m. The single-story, single-bay station measured 34 by 56 feet. A kitchen was added to the rear of the building in 1951.

Engine 4 received the first of two FWD pumpers on March 3, 1950. The four-wheel drive engine was replaced on July 9, 1957, by a 1957 model that served as Engine 4 until March 8, 1974.
See related documents on this history page.
On April 16, 1963, a new Station 4 opened at 2913 Wake Forest Road. The Jefferson Street station was sold and remains privately owned. The new station cost $63,000. Station 4 on Wake Forest Road housed a tanker from 1968 to 1986, and a Battalion Chief from 1971 to 1975, and from 1977 to 1978.
On June 24, 1993, a new Station 4 opened at 121 Northway Court in a northern section of the city. The response area of the old station was absorbed by Station 6, Station 9, and Station 11.Old Station 4 served as a north side training center and as city office space for a few years. Notably, the office of the haz-mat program manager was located there. In 1997, the building was sold. It was used as commercial office space and housed a software company for a number of years. In 2013, the property was sold again. The building was demolished and a mattress store was built on the site. Presently (2026), an urgent care clinic is located there.
On November 19, 1996, the old Jefferson Street fire station was designated a Raleigh historical landmark. On December 4, 2005, it was opened to the public for the Glenwood-Brooklyn Neighborhood Association’s 100th anniversary year tour of historic homes.
Old Engine 4 was brought to the event. Capt. Gary Amato drove the 1926 American LaFrance pumper on the sixteen-mile round trip from Station 28. He was accompanied by retired Air Force Colonel Bob Biggs, who restored the engine in 1987.
Station 4 on Northway Court also housed a mini-pumper from 2000 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2009. Ladder 4 was placed in service on January 6, 2009, and renamed Ladder 1 on July 7, 2009.
Last updated: November 29, 2020
Mike Legeros photo

Second Station 4 - Wake Forest Road

First Station 4 - Jefferson Street

References

Jefferson Street, kitchen added. 4L, 50-53, p68.

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