WhitmanBailey Selection for March Artist's Sketch of Stamford's Central Fire Station

Artist's Sketch of Stamford's Central Fire Station

Download article of March 17, 1928

Station #1 - Central Fire Station (HQ) is still in the same location at 629 Main St. The above structure was built in 1915.  Below is a photo of the current station. from the Home Page of Stamford Fire & Rescue.

The Stamford Historical Society has fire department records, organized in record groups,

• RG-1: Stamford Fire Department
• RG-1.01: Miscellaneous Logs, Reports and Documents – 1901 to 1982 with extended history of the department through 1920
• RG-1.02: Stamford Fire Department and Southend Fire Station, records pertaining particularly to the present Engine Company No. 2, 1969-1982 

and in 2004 mounted an exhibit, Law & Order: The History of the Stamford Police Department 1830-1956.

Stamford Fire & Rescue Home Page.  On Twitter, on Facebook, the department's YouTube Channel.

       

We do add the usual warning:

"At times, the accompanying vignettes are mostly folklore passed on to Mr. Bailey by residents of the areas where he was sketching.  In those instances he had no way of determining the truth of the story.  Nor have we.  It is presented as a sidelight to the sketch.  Therefore, researchers are cautioned to regard these tales as local color, interesting, thought provoking, but sometimes not entirely factual."

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Whitman Bailey Collection