Engine Company No. 2
Engine Company No. 2 | |
Ladder Company No. 2 in 2010 | |
40°45′10″N 74°1′34″W / 40.75278°N 74.02611°W / 40.75278; -74.02611 | |
Area | 0.9 acres (0.36 ha) |
---|---|
Built | 1890 |
Architect | French, Dixon & DeSaldern |
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
MPS | Hoboken Firehouses and Firemen's Monument TR |
NRHP reference No. | 84002684[1] |
NJRHP No. | 1461[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 30, 1984 |
Designated NJRHP | February 9, 1984 |
Engine Company No. 2 is a firehouse located at 1313 Washington Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1984.[1]
History
The Hoboken Land and Improvement Company donated a piece of land on July 18, 1889, for the construction a new firehouse, after the original built in 1880 was destroyed by fire in 1888.[3][4] The firehouse was designed by French, Dixon & DeSaldern in the Romanesque Revival style and was built in 1890 by M.J. Connolly (Mason) and John Meighan (Carpenter).[4][5] In the early 1970's, the engine door was widened resulting in the removal of one of the cast-iron pilasters and the glass directly above the original door.[4] The "Engine Co. No. 2" letters are original to the building.[4] The firehouse was restored outside and modernized inside after a severe fire occurred in the 1980s.[6] The firehouse currently houses Engine Company 5 and Ladder Company 1 of the Hoboken Fire Department.[7] According to local legend, the firehouse was built 12 feet back from the building line to protect pedestrians from the tobacco spit of firefighters.[4]
Design
The firehouse is a three-story example of Romanesque Revival style, with Richardsonian Romanesque influences. This was the first firehouse in Hoboken to incorporate a fire tower in the design of the building.[4] The firehouse has a single chimney located on the northernmost wall. The main building material is tan stretcher bond brick. Bands of sandstone horizontally span the facade. The engine door has cast-iron pilasters on either side. A tower extends to four stories on the southern side of the building. The mansard roof and tower roof are covered in orange terra cotta-colored pantiles.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ^ "Blazing a trail The history of the Hoboken Fire Department". Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Individual Structure Survey Form". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ Engine Company No. 2 NRHP Nomination. 1984.
- ^ [1] Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Accessed March 15, 2010". Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ "Hoboken Firehouses". National Register of Historic Places Inventory. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
External links
Media related to Engine Company Number 2 (Hoboken, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
- v
- t
- e
- Buildings at 1200-1206 Washington Street
- Hamilton Park Historic District
- Harsimus Cove Historic District
- Jersey City Medical Center
- Jersey City Reservoir No. 3
- Lembeck and Betz Eagle Brewing Company District
- Morris Canal
- Paulus Hook Historic District
- Van Vorst Park Historic District
- West Bergen-East Lincoln Park Historic District
worship
- Church of Our Lady of Grace
- Church of the Holy Innocents
- First Baptist Church
- First Reformed Dutch Church of Bergen Neck
- Grace Church Van Vorst
- Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel
- Old Bergen Church
- Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
- St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church
- St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings
- St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
- United Synagogue of Hoboken
- Association of Exempt Firemen Building
- Bayonne Truck House No. 1
- Bayonne Trust Company
- Engine Company No. 2
- Engine Company No. 3
- Engine Company No. 4
- Engine Company No. 5
- Engine Company No. 6
- Engine House No. 3, Truck No. 2
- Excelsior Engine Co. No. 2 Firehouse
- Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Terminal at Hoboken
- Fairmount Apartments
- Ficken's Warehouse
- Hackensack Water Company Complex
- Highland Hose No. 4
- Hoboken City Hall
- Hoboken Free Public Library and Manual Training School
- Hoboken Land and Improvement Company Building
- Hook and Ladder No. 3
- Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse
- Hudson County Courthouse
- Jefferson Trust Company
- Jersey City Central Railroad Terminal
- Jersey City High School
- Jersey City YMCA
- Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex
- Labor Bank Building
- Loew's Jersey Theatre
- Morton Memorial Laboratory of Chemistry
- Pohlmann's Hall
- Edwin A. Stevens Hall
- William Hall Walker Gymnasium