Building the Fire Station

Building the fire station was a community project. Those who didn’t cut wood or drive nails, raised funds. Others offered specialized services or donated material for the project. When the work was being done those at work were given lunch and drinks by friends, family and neighbors there by their sides; some of these helpers were members of the Auxiliary, others not. Some gave money, others gave things that could be used to raise money. Even more people chipped in by buying a raffle ticket, a sandwich, or a ticket to a function. Everyone contributed according to their means and ability to do something, anything, large or small, to make the idea become a reality.

The land for the fire station was leased from Madison County for 99 years. It originally had been part of the Spring Creek School grounds. The building was started without a large amount of money on hand for the project because the men of the community knew that they could do much of the work themselves.

It took about a year and a half to complete the project. While the community’s efforts got the project done, it took a $40,000 check from Liston B. Ramsey to get the project completed. Mr. Ramsey was a Madison County resident, and the Speaker of the NC House of Representatives. The money he got for the fire station allowed the concrete floor to be poured and the kitchen to be built.