Engine Co. 15 was founded on April 15,1898 at Washington & Pierce Sts. (these streets are now 14th & V Sts. SE) E-15 went in service with a 1883 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM steam fire engine and a 1889 McDermott Brothers hose reel carriage. The address of this house would later be 1345 V St. SE