Southport’s First Fire Alarm
January 1916. Founded in 1893, the Southport Volunteer Fire Department was officially organized with the election of officers and adoption of a constitution and by laws on 21 January, 1916. Authorized purchase of the city’s first fire alarm bell was made at this organizational meeting.
Marker is on East Nash Street west of Howe Street (North Carolina Route 211), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
