1889-1897 Main Street, on the schoolhouse lot, at Allen's Corner.

(1896 - Hose house moved closed to the street).

1897-1899 Main Street, near the corner of Maplewood, at Allen's Corner. 

(1899 - Main Street renamed Washington Avenue, Portland).

1889-1899 Hose Co.   4, Deering Fire Department

1899 Hose Co. 10, Portland Fire Department   

April 12, 1889 – Town approved building a small wooden hose house on the schoolhouse lot on Main Street at Allen's Corner in North Deering, built by Burnham Lane & Company, 10 by 12 feet in plan, length 8 feet, finished with neat cornice, two windows, one door, shingled with extra cedar shingles, clapboarded with extra spruce clapboards and two coats of paint.  Also, the Town purchased a two-wheel hose reel cart, carrying 450 feet of hose, built by H.K. Barnes for $43.   

December 14, 1889 – Hose Co. 4 organized.  The Hose house was moved closer to the street in 1896.

August of 1897 – Hose 4 was reassigned a one-horse hose wagon (old Hose 3), replacing the small hose cart. Also, a one and ½-story hose house was built on Main Street, near the corner of Maplewood, and completed in October. It was built on the same plans as the Deering Center (H-2) hose house. The small 1889 house was added to the rear of the new hose house. A house-warming was held December 15th.  

February 6, 1899 – The City of Deering annexed to the City of Portland.  March 21st – Deering Fire Department’s Hose Co. 4 was renumbered as Hose Co. 10 of the Portland Fire Department.  Also, Deering’s Main Street was renamed as a section of Portland’s Washington Avenue (Hose 10 at #1352). 

June 8, 1899 – Hose Companies 10, 13, and 14 were disbanded by City Council order, as part of a Deering section (Fire District 2) re-organization by the Board of Engineers and Fire Committee.

Alarms answered from March 1st to June 8th, 1899:      

• 4/29/1899, Box 134, Main Street, North Deering - grass and woods fire.

• 5/02/1899, Box 137, Riverside Street - building fire.

• 5/05/1899, Still, Morrill's Corner - grass fire.

• 5/12/1899, Still, Ocean Avenue near Lunt's Corner - woods fire.