Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9
Firehouse, Engine Company 33 | |
NYC Landmark No. 191
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Location | 42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°43′37″N 73°59′33″W / 40.726852°N 73.992547°W |
Built | 1898-1899 |
Architect | Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers |
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts[2] |
NRHP reference No. | 72000871[1] |
NYCL No. | 191 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
Designated NYCL | November 12, 1968 |
Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 is a New York City Fire Department firehouse at 42 Great Jones Street in NoHo, Manhattan. It is the home of Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9. The building is a Beaux Arts structure built in 1899 by Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers.
History
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Engine 33 Company was originally organized on Mercer Street in lower Manhattan on November 1, 1865, but then moved to its present location on June 1, 1899.[3] Ladder Company 9 was organized in 1865; its first house was on Elizabeth Street. It moved to 42 Great Jones Street in 1948.[4] The Great Jones Street location was also the home of the Chief of Department for a time.
10 of the 14 firefighters from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks.[5]
Equipment
The first engine kept at 42 Great Jones was powered by steam and built by Clapp & Jones Manufacturing Company, Hudson, New York. It was able to throw water 215 feet.[6]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
- ^ "FDNY History". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ "FDNY History". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ NY Daily Photo
- ^ Steamer Test
External links
Media related to Firehouse, Engine Company 33 at Wikimedia Commons
- Fire stations completed in 1899
- Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Fire stations in New York City
- 1899 establishments in New York City
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan