Houston Fire Station #2
5880 Woodway
Houston, Texas 77057
History - In 1852 Liberty Fire Company #2 was organized. Liberty #2's first engine was a hand engine which was purchased in Boston, MA. At that time it cost $2,000! The first Hook and Ladder Company #1 was organized in 1858. It too was a homemade truck. Liberty #2 had the first steam engine in 1856. (Station 2 was located at Sampson and Preston in 1920, Bagby and Capital in 1926, West Dallas and Bailey in 1965 (closed in 1986-reopened at Woodway and Chimney Rock in 1992).
