Rex and Laurel Fire Companies
You think traffic gets obstructed today by double parking and delivery vehicles? At least no one, as far as I know, has constructed a building smack dab on the street since 1908. How did the Rex Fire Truck end up residing there for two weeks?
Click here to read about one of the fires to which the Rex truck responded.
From the January 1, 1908 York Gazette:
1908 York County Prison
The former York County Jail has stood empty for many years. Every now and then someone suggests a new use for the striking five story brick building, but nothing seems to come of it.
The original stone castle-like prison, built in the 1850s had become crowded and inadequate.
Click here to read my previous post on the Christmas Prison Break from the old not-so-secure prison.
Construction on the monumental multi-story brick addition, which still stands, was in process during the winter of 1908. A fire, caused by construction equipment, caused the locked-up prisoners much anxiety.
The Gazette reports that during the 1908 fire:
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