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Welcome McQuiod Engine & Ladder Company, No. 3 |
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There was a
group of
young
Middletown
men of the
Catholic
faith who
called
themselves
the Modaks
and in 1873
they decided
to form
themselves
into a fire
company.
They ran
into much
opposition
as it was
felt that
the village
didn't need
another fire
company. A
prominent
local
businessman
took up
their cause
and
succeeded in
convincing
the trustees
of the
village to
accept them.
On May 28,
1873 the new
company was
chartered
and in
gratitude
named itself
the William
M. McQuoid
Fire Engine
Company, No.
3 after
their
benefactor.
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Mr. McQuoid
was a
charter
member of
the Eagles,
happened to
be a
Protestant
and never
became a
member of
his namesake
company.
The McQuoids
moved into a
new fire
station then
being built
on East Main
and
Montgomery
Streets.
This is the
location of
the Central
Fire Station
today and
remains the
home of the
McQuoids.
The name of
the company
was changed
to McQuoid
Engine and
Ladder
Company No.
3 shortly
after the
1936
Seagrave
Quad was
acquired. |
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