{"id":8197,"date":"2024-07-03T22:43:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T02:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=8197"},"modified":"2024-07-03T23:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T03:09:25","slug":"wilmington-temporary-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wilmington-temporary-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilmington&#8217;s Temporary Headquarters, 1954 to 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notes on Wilmington&#8217;s temporary fire department headquarters at 3 South 2nd Street, just south of Market Street, a leased building that was occupied from 1954 to 1956 during the construction of a new Station 1 at the corner of 4th and Dock streets.<\/p>\n<p>The construction bid for the new Station 1 was awarded in September 1954. The former Station 1, built in 1907, was demolished in November 1954. The new Station 1 was dedicated on May 23, 1956.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/history\/stations\/wilmington\/\">Wilmington fire station history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8198 \" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd1-730x479.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8199 \" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd2-730x363.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture of photo on the walls at Wilmington Fire Station 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8200 \" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-07-03-wfd3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, 1955<\/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%2Fwilmington-temporary-hq%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"8197\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Wilmington\\'s Temporary Headquarters, 1954 to 1956\" 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%2Fwilmington-temporary-hq%2F&text=Wilmington%26%238217%3Bs+Temporary+Headquarters%2C+1954+to+1956\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"8197\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Wilmington\\'s Temporary Headquarters, 1954 to 1956\" 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%2Fwilmington-temporary-hq%2F&description=Wilmington%26%238217%3Bs+Temporary+Headquarters%2C+1954+to+1956\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"8197\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Wilmington\\'s Temporary Headquarters, 1954 to 1956\" 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>Notes on Wilmington&#8217;s temporary fire department headquarters at 3 South 2nd Street, just south of Market Street, a leased building that was occupied from 1954 to 1956 during the construction of a new Station 1 at the corner of 4th and Dock streets. 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