Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9

Firehouse, Engine Company 33
Location42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Coordinates40°43′37″N 73°59′33″W / 40.726852°N 73.992547°W / 40.726852; -73.992547
Built1898-1899
ArchitectErnest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts[2]
NRHP reference No.72000871[1]
NYSRHP No.06101.000579
NYCL No.0468
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980
Designated NYCLNovember 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 Walter B. Chambers.[3]

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.[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]

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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.)
  4. ^ a b "FDNY History". Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
  5. ^ NY Daily Photo
  6. ^ Steamer Test

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