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Welcome to the website for the historic Laurel/Rex fire station, a landmark building in downtown York, Pennsylvania

 

The station is one of the oldest continuously operating fire stations in the United States.

 

Please feel free to explore the website to learn more about this unique building.

 

About The Station

The Laurel/Rex fire station is a historic, two-story Italianite style firehouse in downtown York, Pennsylvania. The oldest building, the Laurel engine house was constructed in 1877-1878 as a hand-drawn fire engine house. The building was constructed of brick and was painted in the traditional cream and brown Victorian scheme.

The original engine house was expanded in 1887 when a horse stable was added to the rear of the building, and in 1891-92 when the Rex Hook & Ladder Company's truck house was built adjoining the Laurel's engine house.

At the southwest corner of the building is a three-story bell tower, and on the northwest corner is a second faux bell tower atop the Rex truck house. The station measures 48 by 96 feet.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Laurel Fire Company

The Laurel Fire Company can trace it's roots to a meeting in December of 1770 in the home of the Bauermeister, Baltzar Spangler, where concerned citizens met to discuss the formation of organized fire protection in Yorktown.

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Rex Hook & Ladder Company

By the late 1800s, members of the existing York fire companies occasionally discussed the need of a ladder truck to help protect York from fire, and began discussing the formation of a hook and ladder company.

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Station Location

The Laurel/Rex fire station is located at 49-51 South Duke Street in historic downtown York, Pennsylvania. It is part of the headquarters campus of the City of York Department of Fire/Rescue Services.

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