Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9

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Firehouse, Engine Company 33
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York State Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 0468


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Location	42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Coordinates	40°43′37″N 73°59′33″W / 40.726852°N 73.992547°W / 40.726852; -73.992547
Built	1898-1899
Architect	Ernest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts^[2]
NRHP reference No.	72000871^[1]
NYSRHP No.	06101.000579
NYCL No.	0468
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972
Designated NYSRHP	June 23, 1980^[3]
Designated NYCL	November 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.

History

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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.^[5] The Great Jones Street location was also the home of the Chief of Department for a time.

10 of the 14 firefighters from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks.^[6]

Equipment

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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.^[7]

References

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^ "FDNY History". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
^ "FDNY History". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
^ NY Daily Photo
^ Steamer Test

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