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Firehouse, Engine Company 33
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NYC Landmark #191
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| Location: | 42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
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| Built: | 1898-1899 |
| Architect: | Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers |
| Architectural style: | Beaux-Arts[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 72000871[1] |
| NYCL #: | 191 |
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| Added to NRHP: | March 16, 1972 |
| Designated NYCL: | November 12, 1968 |
The Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 is a Beaux Arts masterpiece, built in 1899 by Ernest Flagg and W.B. Chambers. Located at 42 Great Jones Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, it is the home of Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 of the New York City Fire Department.
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Engine 33 Company was originally founded on Mercer Street in lower Manhattan on November 1, 1865, but then moved to its present location on June 1, 1899.[3] Ladder Company 9 was organized in 1865; its first house was on Elizabeth Street. It moved to 42 Great Jones Street in 1948.[4] The Great Jones Street location was also the home of the Chief of Department for a time.
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.[5]
10 of the 14 firemen from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks. [6]
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