Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse Explained

Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse
Location:Second Ave., Bay Shore, New York
Coordinates:40.7247°N -73.2461°W
Built:1887
Architecture:Stick/Eastlake
Added:August 15, 2001
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:01000851

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 -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.[1] Today, it survives as an art gallery.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2015-07-01 . . Searchable database . 2016-05-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse . 2016-05-01 . James Warren . PDF . n.d. . and Accompanying six photographs
  2. Web site: Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space . 2018-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181017232551/http://www.secondavenuefirehouse.com/index.html . 2018-10-17 . dead .