{"id":5949,"date":"2021-05-14T22:11:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2022-02-26T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:32:53","slug":"durham-station-1-then-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/durham-station-1-then-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Then and Now &#8211; Old Station 1, Durham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night history. Then and now photo of old Durham Station 1. Top is Legeros photo from today, bottom is circa 1928. The two-story engine house at 212 N. Mangum Street opened in 1925, and included two front and one side apparatus bay. It was erected on the site of an earlier 1891 fire station, which was smaller and had a bell tower in the rear.<\/p>\n<p>The engine house was occupied until the summer of 1964, when a new Station 1 was completed around the corner at 139 E. Morgan Street. The historic structure was converted for use by Durham Police, and later served as an office building before its current incarnation as a restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legeros.com\/history\/stations\/durham\/\">Durham former fire stations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-05-14-dfd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5950\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-05-14-dfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1546\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-05-14-dfd.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-05-14-dfd-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021-05-14-dfd-730x967.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1546px) 100vw, 1546px\" \/><\/a><\/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%2Fdurham-station-1-then-now%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5949\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Then and Now - Old Station 1, Durham\" 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%2Fdurham-station-1-then-now%2F&text=Then+and+Now+%26%238211%3B+Old+Station+1%2C+Durham\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5949\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Then and Now - Old Station 1, Durham\" 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%2Fdurham-station-1-then-now%2F&description=Then+and+Now+%26%238211%3B+Old+Station+1%2C+Durham\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"5949\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Then and Now - Old Station 1, Durham\" 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>Friday night history. 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