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
NRHP reference No.	72000871
NYSRHP No.	06101.000579
NYCL No.	0468
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972
Designated NYSRHP	June 23, 1980
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

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. Ladder Company 9 was organized in 1865; its first house was on Elizabeth Street. It moved to 42 Great Jones Street in 1948. 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.

Equipment

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.

References

"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.
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