West End Hose Company Number 3
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The West End Hose Company Number 3, is located in Somerville
, New Jersey
. The firehouse
housed the West End Hose Company from 1888 to 1970, when the company relocated to a new firehouse. The building is currently a fire museum operated by the Somerville Exempt Firemen’s Association. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on July 17, 2002.
Somerville, New Jersey
Somerville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 12,098. It is the county seat of Somerset County....
, 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
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...
housed the West End Hose Company from 1888 to 1970, when the company relocated to a new firehouse. The building is currently a fire museum operated by the Somerville Exempt Firemen’s Association. The building 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 July 17, 2002.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey
- List of museums in New Jersey