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
Engine Company No. 2 is located in Hudson County, New Jersey
Engine Company No. 2
Engine Company No. 2 is located in New Jersey
Engine Company No. 2
Engine Company No. 2 is located in the United States
Engine Company No. 2
Location1313 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey
Coordinates40°45′10″N 74°1′34″W / 40.75278°N 74.02611°W / 40.75278; -74.02611
Area0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Built1890
ArchitectFrench, Dixon & DeSaldern
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
MPSHoboken Firehouses and Firemen's Monument TR
NRHP reference No.84002684[1]
NJRHP No.1461[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 30, 1984
Designated NJRHPFebruary 9, 1984

History

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Blazing a trail The history of the Hoboken Fire Department". Hudson Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Individual Structure Survey Form". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Engine Company No. 2 NRHP Nomination. 1984.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Accessed March 15, 2010". Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  8. ^ "Hoboken Firehouses". National Register of Historic Places Inventory. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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