Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9

Significant dates

Firehouse, Engine Company 33
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NYC Landmark #191

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Location	42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Coordinates	40°43′37″N 73°59′33″W / 40.726852°N 73.992547°W / 40.726852; -73.992547Coordinates: 40°43′37″N 73°59′33″W / 40.726852°N 73.992547°W / 40.726852; -73.992547
Built	1898-1899
Architect	Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts^[1]
NRHP Reference #	72000871^[2]
NYCL #	191
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 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

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.

Equipment

Engine 33 on Broadway near the station on Great Jones Street

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.^[5]

September 11, 2001

10 of the 14 firefighters from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks.^[6]

References

↑ "AIA Guide to New York City", 4th Edition, pg 160
↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ FDNY History
↑ FDNY History
↑ Steamer Test
↑ NY Daily Photo

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