Hose No. 2

Hose No. 2
The building in 2023
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General information
LocationYarmouth, Maine, U.S.
Address50 Main Street
Coordinates43°47′52″N 70°10′50″W / 43.797837937°N 70.18044885°W / 43.797837937; -70.18044885
Completedc. 1889 (135 years ago) (1889)
Technical details
Floor count3

Hose No. 2 is a former fire station in the Lower Falls area of Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Built around 1889, seven years before the town's first fire hydrants were installed,[1] it stands in a wedge-shaped plot of land separating Main Street and Marina Road at what was formerly known as Staples Hill.[2][3] By 1901, the town had "two hose companies of fifteen men each" and a hook and ladder company of ten men. A system of fire alarms, consisting of eight boxes, were in the process of being installed.[4]

  1. ^ Images of America: Yarmouth, Alan M. Hall (Arcadia, 2002), p.13
  2. ^ Architectural Survey Yarmouth, ME (Phase One, September, 2018 Archived 2022-12-20 at the Wayback Machine - Yarmouth's town website)
  3. ^ "63 Main Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096 | Compass". www.compass.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. ^ "Physicians". Chamber of Commerce Journal of Maine. 13: 13. 1901.