Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building

Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
South elevation, 2009
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Location	Troy, NY
Coordinates	42°43′46″N73°41′09″W / 42.72944°N 73.68583°W / 42.72944; -73.68583
Built	1920-22 [1]
NRHP reference No.	02001714 [2]
Added to NRHP	2003

The Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building, usually referred to just as the Signaling Building, is located on State Street in Troy, New York, United States. It is currently used as storage space by Rensselaer County.

It was built to implement a new combined fire and police "silent alarm" system in the early 1920s, using telephone wires instead of human bell-ringers. This represented the last step in Troy's efforts to prevent the devastating fires of the 19th century from destroying so much of the city again. It continued to be used for that purpose until 1968, and in 2003 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

• Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building

References

• Hudson Valley portal

1. Peter D. Shaver (June 2002). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 22, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.