Elkwood Fire Company #2, NCFD

As promised here is the other half of the old school fire houses in New Cumberland, Pa. This is the Elkwood Fire Company #2 on 8th Street. Formed in the Elkwood Section of Lower Allen Township in 1922 it was later annexed into New Cumberland borough in 1931. The original fire station was located at this same location also but in January of 1940 the station caught fire and burned down. Luckily they saved the new 1939 Ward LaFrance engine by driving it out of the station with the hose bed still on fire. In 1966 they merged with New Cumberland's other fire company, Citizen's Fire Company #1, to become the New Cumberland Fire Department. Then in 1980 they built a single station across the street from the Citizen's station. That's where the old cornerstones ended up. You can see where they removed them and fixed the bricks.