Firehouses · Built 1907
Yorkville Hose Company
Organized in 1891 in the former borough of Yorkville, the Yorkville Hose Company serves west-end Pottsville from a 1907 brick firehouse at 20th and West Norwegian Streets, expanded in 2016–2017.
The Yorkville Hose Company was organized on October 27, 1891 and chartered on February 2, 1892, in what was then the borough of Yorkville — a community laid out in 1844 and incorporated in 1865 before becoming part of Pottsville’s west end. Its firemen were admitted to the Pottsville Fire Department in 1907, the same year the company erected its brick firehouse at 20th and West Norwegian Streets; that station, at 1957–1959 West Norwegian, was expanded in 2016–2017. The company operates today as Station 60, running Engine 62 and a heavy-rescue unit.
From the archive
Historic maps and photographs from the Schuylkill Hub archive, each available as an archival print.
Sources
- Pottsville Fire Department — Firefighting Wiki
License: reference - Pottsville Republican fire-department feature, Oct. 11, 1955 (via Newspapers.com)
License: publisher
Frequently asked
- What area does the Yorkville Hose Company cover?
- It serves the west end of Pottsville, in the area of the former borough of Yorkville (laid out in 1844 and incorporated in 1865, later part of the city). Its brick firehouse at 20th and West Norwegian Streets was built in 1907 and expanded in 2016–2017.