Engine Company No. 2
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]
Engine Company No. 2 | |
 Ladder Company No. 2 in 2010 | |
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| Location | 1313 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′10″N 74°1′34″W |
| 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 |
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]
References
- "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. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- "Individual Structure Survey Form". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- Engine Company No. 2 NRHP Nomination. 1984.
- Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Accessed March 15, 2010.
- "Hoboken F1rehouses". 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
