Colorado: Denver's oldest serving fire station home to first Black firefighters

PHOTOS: It's known to those who served there as the "Pride of the Points."Denver Fire Station 3. The oldest Denver firehouse still in service, built in 1931.And the only station where Black firefighters were assigned until the Denver Fire Department desegregated in 1957.Today the children of these earliest public servants have a deep appreciation for Station 3's commitment to excellence, and the pride that came in serving Denver's Five Points community.
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