Engine Company No. 2
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Engine Company No. 2, is a firehouse
located at 1313 Washington Street in Hoboken
, New Jersey
. The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on March 30, 1984.
donated a piece of land on July 18, 1889, for the construction a firehouse. The firehouse was designed by Charles Fall in the Romanesque Revival style and was built in 1890. The firehouse was restored outside and modernized inside after a severe fire occurred in the 1980s. The firehouse currently houses Ladder Company 1 and Engine Company 1. The firehouse was also featured in the 2008 video game, Grand Theft Auto IV
.
influences. 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.
Fire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
located at 1313 Washington Street in Hoboken
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,005. The city is part of the New York metropolitan area and contains Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on March 30, 1984.
History
The Hoboken Land and Improvement CompanyHoboken Land and Improvement Company Building
The Hoboken Land and Improvement Company Building, is located in Hoboken, New Jersey. The building was designed by Charles Fall and was built by Myles Tierney in 1889. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1979. The building housed the offices of the Steven's...
donated a piece of land on July 18, 1889, for the construction a firehouse. The firehouse was designed by Charles Fall in the Romanesque Revival style and was built in 1890. The firehouse was restored outside and modernized inside after a severe fire occurred in the 1980s. The firehouse currently houses Ladder Company 1 and Engine Company 1. The firehouse was also featured in the 2008 video game, Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
.
Design
The firehouse is a three story example of Romanesque Revival style, with Richardsonian RomanesqueRichardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...
influences. The main building material is tan stretcher bond brick. Bands of sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
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
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
-colored pantiles.