Engine Company No. 2

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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Ladder Company No. 2 in 2010
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Location	1313 Washington Street, Hoboken, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°45′10″N 74°1′34″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

History

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

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

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hudson County, New Jersey

References[4]

1. "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. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
4. "Individual Structure Servey Form". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
5. Engine Company No. 2 NRHP Nomination. 1984.
6. http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/activities_&_events/hoboken_walking_tour.htm Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 20, 2009.
7. http://www.hobokenfire.org/locations.cfm Accessed March 15, 2010.
8. "Hoboken F1rehouses". National Register of Historic Places Inventory. Retrieved 6 December 2010.