Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse

Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse, also known as Second Avenue Fire House, is a historic fire station located at Bay Shore in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1886 or 1887 and is a ​1 1⁄2-story, wood-frame structure with a prominent bell tower. It features a slender hose-drying tower at the rear. Throughout its history it has been used as a fire station, synagogue, and boarding house.[2] Today, it survives as an art gallery.[3]

Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse
Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse, March 2010
LocationSecond Ave., Bay Shore, New York
Coordinates40°43′29″N 73°14′46″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1887
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.01000851[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 15, 2001

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes James Warren (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying six photographs
  3. "Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space". Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-07.


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