Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company

Something different this week. Limited time and limited entries for Name that Station so instead we continue with the beach pictures. This is the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company Accomack County, Virginia, Company 3. This is the home of the original Saltwater Cowboys. This is the fire department that owns the herd of ponies that reside on Assateague Island. Every year, last week of July, they have a roundup and swim the ponies across to Chincoteague Island and auction off the foals. I have never been down to the pony penning or auction but we have been down during July and enjoyed their annual fair. And ate an oyster sandwich or two. Organized in 1924 the original part of the building (on the left) was built in 1930 and the addition (to the right) was built in 1957. The firehouse is located along South Main Street between the old drawbridge and the festival grounds.