Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9

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Firehouse, Engine Company 33
Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 is located in New York City
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Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 is located in New York
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Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 is located in the United States
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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[1]
NRHP reference No.72000871[2]
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 on Broadway near the station on Great Jones Street

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. 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.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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. "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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