Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9
Firehouse, Engine Company 33 | |
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  Location within Manhattan  Location within New York City  Location within New York  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 42 Great Jones Street, Manhattan, New York, US |
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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 Walter B. Chambers |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000871[2] |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000579 |
| NYCL No. | 0468 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
| 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, New York City, United States. 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 Walter B. Chambers.[3]
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.[4] 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.
Ten of the fourteen firefighters from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks.[5][better source needed]
Equipment
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Stephen S. Lash (September 1971). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Firehouse, Engine Company 33. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- 1 2 "FDNY History". Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
- ↑ NY Daily Photo
- ↑ Steamer Test
External links
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Media related to Firehouse, Engine Company 33 at Wikimedia Commons
- FDNY Official Site
- Official FDNY photos associated with Engine 33
- NYFD.com Unofficial Site
- New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission report
- 1899 establishments in New York City
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Fire stations completed in 1899
- Fire stations in New York City
- Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
- New York State Register of Historic Places in New York County
- NoHo, Manhattan