Courtesy of the Chief Donald Maguda Collection, we find the Park Place Fire Station which was the former home to the Fitch Company which is the current day Engine 441. We see company members standing proudly in front of their quarters with their 1951 Maxim pumper. The Fitch Company, the third company to be formed in Rockville, occupied these quarters from their inception in 1902, to 1972. This station was located behind town hall.
In 1972, both the Fitch Company and the Hockanum Hose Company would move into the new Rockville Fire Dept. headquarters at 15 Nye St., current day Station 441. The Hockanum Company would vacate their near century old quarters on West Main St. and The Fitch Company would vacate their quarters and transition into the new fire station. The new fire station was named after Chief John F. Ashe, replacing The Fitton Hose Company Company #2, as department headquarters.
Sadly, the Park Place Fire Station would be razed in the 1970’s to make room for more parking behind town hall, and the Hockanum Hose Company was also torn down. All that remains of the Park Place Station is a portion of the rear brick wall behind town hall. The sign remains preserved on the upstairs wall of Station 441.
