Knightdale Historical Society

Memories of the Past

Knightdale, North Carolina
35.790549N 78.491982W
8 Miles East of Raleigh on Hwy 64

Downtown Fire, 1940

In February of 1940 a fire of unknown origin burned a number of houses and several businesses.

Date: 05/25/2007

Size: 5 items

Downtown_fire_2-7-1940

A view of the 2:40 a.m. early morning blaze

Date: 05/25/2007

Downtown_fire_4

The original depot and cars.
Note chimneys left after fire.

Date: 05/26/2007

Downtown_fire_2

Only chimneys remain of two houses and several stores to the left of those.

Date: 05/12/2007

Downtown_fire_3

After the Fire Fight.

Date: 05/12/2007

Downtown_fire_5

Nothing left but the cleanup.

Date: 05/12/2007