Engine Company No. 2 | |
Location | 1313 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°45′10″N74°1′34″W / 40.75278°N 74.02611°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 |
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]
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]
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]
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