Raleigh Fire Department Facility Report

Fire Stations

Sta	Address	Footage		Bay Area	Living Area	Opened	Dedicated	Built	Age	Stories	Basement	Cost
1	220 S. Dawson Street	11,200		4,320	6,880	10/5/53	10/5/53	1953	58	2		$142,106
2	263 Pecan Street	4,600	*	1,216	3,384	10/16/69	4/5/70	1969	42	1		$95,000
3	13 S. East Street	3,564		1,000	2,564	7/26/51		1951	60	2		$35,000
4	121 Northway Court	5,298		2,080	3,218	6/24/93		1993	18	1
5	300 Oberlin Road	4,627		1,792	2,835	9/26/61		1961	50	1	x	$60,000
6	2601 Fairview Road	5,408		1,768	3,640	6/27/49		1949	62	2		$65,000
7	2100 Glascock Street	4,584		1,632	2,952	12/30/59		1959	52	1		$65,000
8	5001 Western Boulevard	4,275	**	1,650	2,625	after 2/14/63		1963	48	1	x	$63,000
9	4465 Six Forks Road	4,500		1,664	2,836	2/14/63		1963	48	1		$63,000
10	2711 Sanderford Road	4,327		1,664	2,663	2/24/71	3/21/71	1971	40	1
11	2925 Glenridge Road	4,923		1,710	3,213	by 11/28/71		1971	40	1		$100,000
12	3409 Poole Road	4,189		1,524	2,665	10/9/74	6/22/75	1974	37	1		$197,000
14	4220 Lake Boone Trail	3,616		1,456	2,160	10/9/74	6/22/75	1974	37	1		$197,000
15	1815 Spring Forest Road	5,664		2,048	3,616	11/13/74	6/22/75	1974	37	1		$197,000
16	5225 Leadmine Road	3,984		1,632	2,352	2/9/79	2/27/79	1979	32	1		$225,000
17	4601 Pleasant Valley Road	4,875		1,612	3,263	4/9/84	5/10/84	1984	27	1		$277,000
18	8200 Morgans Way	5,185		2,048	3,137	3/16/87		1987	24	1
19	4209 Spring Forest Road	5,293		2,080	3,213	5/11/88		1988	23	1
20	1721 Trailwoods Drive	5,168		2,080	3,088	1/20/89		1989	22	1
21	2651 Southall Road	5,225		2,080	3,145	6/15/98		1998	13	1		$730,000
22	9350 Durant Road	5,222		1,782	3,440	7/31/98	8/5/98	1998	13	1		$850,000
23	8312 Pinecrest Road	7,709		3,690	4,019	2/15/00		1976	35	1
24	10440 Fossil Creek Court	5,710		2,145	3,565	8/24/01	9/13/01	2001	10	1		$767,000
25	2740 Wakefield Crossing Drive	5,640		2,145	3,495	8/2/01	8/29/01	2001	10	1		$767,000
26	3929 Barwell Road	7,258	***	2,448	4,810	6/9/03	6/18/03	2003	8	1		$1.5 with land
27	5916 Buffalo Road	6,873		2,346	4,527	6/9/03	6/19/03	2003	8	1		$1.5 with land
28	3500 Forestville Road	10,000		4,524	5,313	4/25/07	6/4/07	2007	4	1		$2.5 with land
Average		5,515		2,079	3,430				31.78

* Estimated, minus shop space

** Excludes basement

*** Excludes 911 center

Square footage estimated from building drawings. Bay area, living area estimated as subtracted from total footage.

Fire Station Statistics

Average heated square footage: 5,264.54 square feet

Largest stations: 11,200 (Station 1)

7,709 (Station 23)

7,258 (Station 26)

6,873 (Station 27)

5,710 (Station 24)

Smallest stations: 3,564 (Station 3)

3,616 (Station 14)

3,984 (Station 16)

4,189 (Station 12)

4,275 (Station 8)

Average age: 29.78 years

Oldest stations: 62 (Station 6)

60 (Station 3)

58 (Station 1)
47 (Station 7)

52 (Station 5)

48 (Station 9)

48 (Station 8)

42 (Station 2)

Former Facilities

Building	Address	Footage		Opened	Closed	Built	Age	Stories	Cost	Today	Notes
Old Sta 2	300 block Fayetteville Street	2,200	*	12/23/12	8?/?/14	1870		2		Demolished	Demolished July 1914 or so
Old Sta 3	135 E. Hargett Street	2,000	*	12/23/12	7/26/51	1898		2	$2,900.00	Demolished	Cost includes land. Demolished 1952
Old Sta 1	110 W. Morgan Street	9,900	*	12/23/12	8/12/41	1896		2	$5,500.00	Demolished	Cost includes land. Demolished July 1941 or so.
Old Sta 2	412 S. Salisbury Street	2,500	*	8?/?/14	after 8/14/32	1914		2	$8,736.15	Demolished	Cost is construction bid plus land
Old Alarm House	110? W. Morgan Street			1926	8/12/41?	1926		?	$1,632.00	Demolished	Cost is construction bid
Old Sta 4	505 Jefferson Street	1,395		6/15/26	4/16/63	1926	85	1	$10,454.00	Private owned	Cost is construction bid plus land
Old Sta 5	1914 Park Drive	2,400	*	11/18/26	7/24/61	1926		2	$13,029.00	Demolished	Cost is construction bid plus land. Demolition starting before 8/21/61,
Old Sta 2	735 Fayetteville Street	4,320	*	after 8/14/32	10/16/69	1932	79	2		BTI Center
Old Sta 1	412 S. Salisbury Street	2,500	*	8/12/41	10/5/53	1914		2		Demolished
Old Sta 6	2513 Fairview Road	4,400		3/3/43	5/?/45	1936	75	2		Restaurant	Station closed after lease lost, E6 moved to Sta 5
Old Training Tower	105 Keeter Center Drive	2,000		Summer 54	4/16/05	1954	57	4		Demolished	Demolished April 16, 2005
Old Sta 8	903 Kent Road	1,500		4/1/60	after 2/14/63	1945	66	1		Grocery store	Present address is 1007 Method Road
Old Sta 4	2913 Wake Forest Road	3,984		4/12/63	6/24/93	1963	48	1	$63,000.00	Commercial office	Station closed 6/24/93
Admin at Professional Building	127 West Hargett Street	48,118	**	11/?/91	1/?/94	1925	86	8		Office building	Office on sixth floor
Old Career Dev Center	2913 Wake Forest Road	3,984		6/24/93	after 4/1/97	1963	48	1	$63,000.00	Commercial office	Station closed 6/24/93
Admin at Municipal Building	222 West Hargett Street			1984	11/?/91	1984	27	6	$6,507,892	Municipal building	Office on fourth floor

* Estimated. ** Entire building.

Note: Excludes facilities closed before December 1912, such as the original Capital Hose Company house constructed in 1887 and still standing at 115 West Morgan Street.

Other Facilities

Building	Address	Footage		Opened	Built	Age	Stories	Cost	Today	Notes
Alarm House	220 S. Dawson Street	~1,000		4/4/42	1942	69	2	$3,500.00	Weight room, storage	Dispatch center closed after ECC begins dispatching in Feb 1972
Station 8 Basement	5001 Western Boulevard	4,500	*	after 2/14/63	1963	48	1		BC and DC quarters	Services moved out beginning 10/8/04.
Smokehouse	105 Keeter Center Drive	1,190	*	1964	1964	47	1.5		Storage	Date from 8/13/64 Raleigh Times photograph.
Station 2 Old Shop	263 Pecan Street	2,304	*	after 10/16/69	1969	42	1		Apparatus storage	Shop moved out beginning 10/8/04.
Keeter Training Center	105 Keeter Center Drive	9,878		5/?/82	1982	29	2	$446,068.69		Expanded from 7,000 square-feet in 1998; Dedicated July 15, 1982
Admin at Dillion Building	310 West Martin Street	30,400	**	1/?/94	1965	46	2
Services Support Center	4120 New Bern Avenue	13,018		10/8/04	2004	7	1	$1,117,123.00
Training Center Classroom	105 Keeter Center Drive			2005	2005	6	1			Installed March-April 2005
Training Center Tower	105 Keeter Center Drive			2006	2006	5	5			Constructed November 2005-January 2006

* Estimated. ** Entire building.

Note: Excludes fire station outbuildings.

Sources

· Wake County real estate records

· Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

· Mike Legeros historical records.

Compiled by Mike Legeros

Created December 2006

Updated November 2011