The 38s would disband and become LAFD's Engine Company Number 1, moving into Fire Station No 1 across the river at 1901 Pasadena Avenue in 1888. From 1899 to 1909, the LAPD also used part of the property as a jail prior to the construction of Lincoln Heights Jail, built up the street from Station No 1 in 1927. 1913 saw the transition from horse drawn apparatus to LAFD's first motorized apparatus, a Gorham Seagrave Auto-Pumper. By 1929, the old station had outlived its usefulness and City Council sought funding to build a new modern station, but with the Great Depression in full swing, couldn't justify the expense of new construction until 1940.
