127 Main Street in Plaistow, New Hampshire has been home to the Plaistow Fire Department and the Plaistow Historical Society.
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- This 1800s photo of the District 2 School, originally located on North Main Street near Kelly Corner, was recycled and moved to 127 Main Street in 1920 to become the Plaistow Fire House.
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- In 1920 the District 2 School, a.k.a North End School and Kelly School, was moved to 127 Main St. at the corner of Davis Park. New doors were installed and other improvements were made so that it could be used for housing the Fire Department’s two chemical extinguishers.
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- 1949 picture of the wooden structure.
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- Prior to the parade celebrating Plaistow’s 200th anniversary in July 1949. In 1948 the Fire House was enlarged to house a new Diamond T. pumper firetruck. Six feet were added to the back of the building, replacing the old piazza.
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- In 1957 the old building was razed and replaced with a new two-story structure 74’x28′. The lower part of the building is cement block and fire proof construction. The upper floor housed a kitchen, a meeting hall, a bedroom, and office space. On March 2, 1958 the new fire station was officially dedicated with an open house. Over five hundred citizens and guests inspected the new building. There were also present, as special guests, sons and grandchildren of the donors of the first piece of fire apparatus in Plaistow – the old hand tub.
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- Starting in 1985, with very generous support from the people and business’s of Plaistow, the fire station was transformed into the new home of the Plaistow Historical Society. The renovations took several years and included significant changes to the interior and exterior of the building. On May 6, 1990 the society held an inaugural Open House at the museum to share the new facilities and its contents with the community.
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- Susan Drew, Alden Palmer and Jeanne Smith, members of the Historical Society wave as Engine 1 passes its former home, leading off the OHD Parade 2005.
