Niagara Engine House
The Niagara Engine House is a former fire station on North Hamilton Street in central Poughkeepsie , New York in the United States . The brick building was built at the beginning of the 20th century and is the only remaining fire station of the six fire departments in the city. It was built by the local architect Percival M. Lloyd, who designed it in a later application of neo-Gothic architecture. It was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 with two other Poughkeepsie fire stations .
building
The fire station is a three-story brick building with three by five bays . The front facade looks to the east. Below the flat roof there is a protruding cornice with a frieze made of brick, on which blue squares are attached, with the inscription “NIAGARA” in individual letters . The frieze is supported by larger brackets that alternate with smaller ones.
The rows of windows are different. The second floor has arched windows, the middle window protrudes and is supplemented with battlements and diamond-shaped skylights. A molded stone cornice with the inscription "1810 NIAGARA 1909" is located above the ground floor .
Brick pilasters frame the main garage door. Inside, the tiled floor, the brass slide bar and the floor covering are still preserved.
history
The fire department, which eventually developed into the Niagara Engine , was founded in 1810, which is also indicated by the inscription on the facade; but it was not given this name until 1847. At least six different fire departments have existed in the course of the city's history, Niagara is the only one of which a building still exists.
Local architect Percival M. Lloyd, who previously designed the eclectic Lady Washington Hose Company building on Academy Street a little further south, was hired in 1909 to design the Niagara Engine building . His building incorporates various elements of late neo-Gothic architecture used in numerous public buildings in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century ... the protruding central yoke, pinnacles, stone lintels, sculpted eaves and arches, the cornice between the two lower floors and a simulated basement.
After the fire department left the building, a private ambulance operator moved in, leaving the building's features intact.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Townley Sharp: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Niagara Engine House ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . August 7, 1980. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
Coordinates: 41 ° 42 ′ 9 ″ N , 73 ° 55 ′ 24 ″ W.