Built 1898-1899 NYCL # 191 Opened 1899 Added to NRHP 16 March 1972 | NRHP Reference # 72000871 Designated NYCL November 12, 1968 Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture | |
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Location 42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York Architects Ernest Flagg, Walter B. Chambers Similar Engine Company 31 Fireho, Firehouse - Hook & Ladder C, Fire Fighter, John J Harvey, New York City Fire Museum | ||
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.
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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. Ladder Company 9 was organized in 1865; its first house was on Elizabeth Street. It moved to 42 Great Jones Street in 1948. The Great Jones Street location was also the home of the Chief of Department for a time.
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.
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.