Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 1

Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 1 is a historic fire station located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware, USA. It was built in 1890 and is a two-story, rectangular common brick building.

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Type: Fire station
Description: fire station in Newark, Delaware
Also known as: “Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 1”
Address: 26 Academy Street, Newark, DE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newark Opera House and Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 2.

Newark Opera House

Heritage site

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Newark Opera House is a historic commercial building and opera house located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1885 and is a four-story rectangular building with six bays at the north front facade.

Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 2

Fire station

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Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company, Fire Station No. 2 is a historic fire station located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1922 and is a two-story ashlar structure with secondary wings on three sides.

Bank of Newark Building

Historic building

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Bank of Newark Building is a historic bank building located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1845 and is a three-story, gable-roofed brick building with a symmetrical five-bay facade and a three-story ell to the rear. Bank of Newark Building is situated 420 feet north of Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 1.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newark and Brookside.

Newark

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Newark is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Home to the University of Delaware, it is located 8 miles west-southwest of Wilmington and 28 miles southwest of Philadelphia.

Brookside

Town

Brookside is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brookside had a population of 14,974. Brookside is situated 2 miles southeast of Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 1.

Milford Crossroads

Hamlet

Milford Crossroads is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Milford Crossroads is located along Delaware Route 72, at the intersection of Possum Park Road/Thompson Station Road and Paper Mill Road, northeast of Newark. Milford Crossroads is situated 2½ miles north of Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 1.

Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Company Fire Station No. 1

Categories: heritage site, building, and historic site
Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.68242° or 39° 40′ 57″ north

Longitude

-75.74966° or 75° 44′ 59″ west

Open location code

87F6M7J2+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 369289221

OpenStreetMap feature

building=fire_station

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q4688751

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include UD Bookstore and Academy Building.

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