National Register of Historic Places

Firehouse, Engine Company 33

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
March 16, 1972
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
72000871

About this property

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. 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. Ten of the fourteen firefighters from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks. 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. National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street Media related to Firehouse, Engine Company 33 at Wikimedia Commons New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission report

Location

44 Great Jones St.
New York, New York County, New York
40.72703, -73.99260

Categories

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Sources

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When was Firehouse, Engine Company 33 listed on the National Register?

Firehouse, Engine Company 33 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.

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Firehouse, Engine Company 33 is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Firehouse, Engine Company 33 is recorded as the industrial era.

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