{"id":336,"date":"2016-02-15T21:41:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T02:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2018-07-30T21:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T01:00:28","slug":"raleighs-new-headquarters-almost-completed-february-1896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/raleighs-new-headquarters-almost-completed-february-1896\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh&#8217;s New Headquarters Almost Completed &#8211; February 1896"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine my surprise at receiving this newspaper excerpt last week, from the Asheville<em> Citizen<\/em> of all places. Issue date February 17, 1896. From a fellow fire historian.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on the History Show, we cited either \u201cspring 1896\u201d or \u201cJanuary-February 1896\u201d as the timeframe for the opening of Raleigh\u2019s original Headquarters Fire Station.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 112 W. Morgan Street, the two-story, three-bay engine house served both the volunteer and career fire departments. It operated until 1941, when the property was sold to the state, for a planned addition to the adjacent Revenue Building. <a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/ralwake\/raleigh\/stations\/1.shtml\">Read the full history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One more piece of the puzzle solved. <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-337\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-15-rfd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-15-rfd.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-15-rfd-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fraleighs-new-headquarters-almost-completed-february-1896%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"336\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Raleigh\\'s New Headquarters Almost Completed - February 1896\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fraleighs-new-headquarters-almost-completed-february-1896%2F&text=Raleigh%26%238217%3Bs+New+Headquarters+Almost+Completed+%26%238211%3B+February+1896\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"336\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Raleigh\\'s New Headquarters Almost Completed - February 1896\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fraleighs-new-headquarters-almost-completed-february-1896%2F&description=Raleigh%26%238217%3Bs+New+Headquarters+Almost+Completed+%26%238211%3B+February+1896\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"336\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Raleigh\\'s New Headquarters Almost Completed - February 1896\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine my surprise at receiving this newspaper excerpt last week, from the Asheville Citizen of all places. Issue date February 17, 1896. From a fellow fire historian. Previously on the History Show, we cited either \u201cspring 1896\u201d or \u201cJanuary-February 1896\u201d as the timeframe for the opening of Raleigh\u2019s original Headquarters Fire Station. 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