Demolished Baltimore Firehouses

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Last edited September 14, 2013

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Companies	Address	Built	Opened	Vacated	Demolished	Notes	Photos
E1/HL2	102-104 N. Paca St.	1830 by Howard Fire Co. 15	Feb. 15, 1859		1909	New station built on site.
E2	93-95 Barre St.	1843 by Washington Hose Co. 13	Feb. 15, 1859	1920	1925	Demolished for B&O railroad yards.
E3	East Lombard near High St.	1840 by Vigilant Fire Co. 7	Feb. 15, 1859	1951		Demolished for high rise buildings.
E4	North St. at Orange Alley	1825 by Mechanical Hose Company	Feb. 15, 1859	1873?		Demolished for city hall.
E4	26 North St.	Built ? as dwelling	Jan. 25, 1873	1882
E7	Orchard St. near Madison	1859, temporary frame building	Sep. 27, 1859
E8	1031 W. Mulberry St.	1871	Mar. 8, 1871	1912		Used as garage in 1971.
E8/HL10	Lafayette Ave. between Gilmor and Stricker	1895	Mar. 1, 1895	1967		New firehouse built on same site.
E9	Southwest corner of Madison and Regester streets	1872	Feb. 1, 1872	1969		Unoccupied in 1971.
E13	Fremont and Myrtle Ave.	1876	Mar. 17, 1876	1963		Unoccupied in 1971.
E15	Triangle lot bordered by Park Ave., Liberty, and Fayette streets	Built ? for Liberty Fire Company	Mar. 12, 1890	1891
E15 - See C8
E16 (FB)	Commercial wharf, south of Thames St., east of Broadway	1891	Jul 1, 1891	1909		Demolished or possibly moved. Baltimore Fire Boats photo.
E16/E39/Marine HQ (FB)	Municipal pier no. 7, foot of President St.	1909	Sep. 15, 1909	1977	1980.	Baltimore Fire Boats photo.
E18	South side of Second St., between Maryland Ave. and Oak St.	1893	Feb. 15, 1893
E27	Columbia Ave. (later Washington Blvd.?) at Green St.	1906	Jun. 4, 1906	1964		Demolished for Camden Industrial Park.
E39 (FB)	2601 Leahy St.		1917	1937		New station built on site.
E48 (FB)	Canton Railroad Pier No. 3, 3800 Newgate Ave.	1922		1965	1970s	Demolished. Baltimore Fire Boats photo.
E49 (FB)	B&O railroad Sugar House Wharf, foot of Benhill Ave.	?	Dec. 16, 1921	1958	1960s	Demolished. Baltimore Fire Boats photo.
E49 (FB)	Tyson's Wharf	1959		1971	1970s	Demolished. Baltimore Fire Boats photo.
HL1	East side of Harrison St. north of Fayette	Built ? for Pioneer Hook & Ladder Co.	Feb. 15, 1859	1907	1958	Police dept. print shop, 1910-1958
HL2 - See E1
HL4	534 W. Biddle St.	1850 for Mt. Vernon Hook & Ladder Co. 2	1880	1908	1968	Occupied by Maryland Hall 1859-1880. Used as motion-picture theater until demolished.
T4	McCulloh St. near Biddle St.	1908	Jun. 22, 1908	1963		Demolished for urban renewal. Two bas-relief status moved to fire academy grounds.
HL5	East side of Aisquith St. between Oliver and Hoffman		Apr. 1, 1887	1907	1928	Used as laundry when demolished.
HL7	East side of York Rd., south of Gorsuch Ave	1901	May 15, 1901
HL7 - See C4
HL8 - See C1
HL10 - See E8
HL12	Forest Park Ave. facing Liberty Rd.		Jun. 28, 1904			Temporary quarters
T14	Harford Rd. and Markley Ave.	1905 for Lauraville Vol. Fire Co.	Mar. 17, 1919	1962		New station built on site.
T24	Eastern and Anglesea avenues	1923		1961		New station built on site.
C1/HL8	Brunswick St. at Frederick Rd.	Opened 1881 as BCoFD Co. 1 / Carroll Station	Jun. 1, 1888	1907
C2	Mary St. near Retreat St.	Opened 1881 as BCoFD Co. 2 / Clifton Station	Jun. 1, 1888	1904
C4/HL7	Greenmount Ave. south of 32nd St.	Opened 1878 as BCoFD Co. 4 / Waverly Station	Jun. 1, 1888		1901	New station built on site.
C5	Gorsuch Ave. near Harford Rd.	Opened 1882 as BCoFD Co. 2 / Homestead Station	Jun. 1, 1888		1906	New station built on site.
C6	Belair Road near Sinclair Lane	Opened 1881 as BCoFD Co. 5 / Belair Road Station	Jun. 1, 1888	1901
C7	3rd St. south of Eastern Ave.	Opened 1893 as BCoFD Co. 7 / Highlandtown Station	1919, annexed
C8, then E15	308 W. Lombard St.,		Nov. 2, 1891	1919		Served as warehouse for 20 years prior to station.
C9	Hampden and 3rd avenues	Opened 1885 in rented community hall as BCoFD Co. 9 / Hampden Station	1888
Salvage HQ	Liberty at Fayette St.	1888			1895	New station built on site.
Salvage HQ	Liberty at Fayette St.	1895		1958	1966	Demolished for Conrad Hilton Hotel.
Shop	Maryland Institute, Baltimore St. and Market Place		Jan. 15, 1915	1925
Shop	Key Highway at Webster St.	1925		1963		New shop built on site.

 
Volunteer Stations

• See this page.

• Co. 7/8 / Canton Station, opened 1881 at southwest corner of 2nd St. and Tome St., vacated 1919, demolished ?
• Co. 6/7 / Highlandtown Station, opened 1881 on 3rd St., north of Eastern Ave., vacated 1893, demolished ?

• From The Rigs of the Unheralded Heroes by William F. Synder and William A. Murray, published 1971, unless otherwise noted.

• See home page.

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