Plummer Hook and Ladder Company
History Museum
Why pick this one
Plummer Hook and Ladder Company preserves Warren County’s first fire department through exhibits including a 1938 Ford fire truck and circa-1800s hose reel.
Best for
- Visitors interested in African-American firefighting history
- Visitors studying Warrenton and Warren County history
- Visitors interested in historic fire trucks and equipment
- Researchers examining 19th-century fire-company documents and photographs
Specialties
- African-American firefighting history
- Historic fire apparatus exhibits
- 19th-century fire equipment and documents
What makes them different
- Preserves the history of the first African-American fire department and the first fire department in Warren County
- Exhibits a 1938 Ford fire truck
- Exhibits a circa-1800s hose reel, photographs, fire equipment, and written documents
- The company received its official charter in 1868
- The museum is located at 113 S. Bragg Street in Warrenton
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- E Market St, Warrenton, NC 27589
- Phone
- +12522574859
- Website
- http://www.Warrenton.NC.gov/page/Museum_home
- townadministrator@warrenton.nc.gov
Services
- Museum exhibitions
- Historical preservation
- Local history education