FDNY Battalion 1/Engine 7/Ladder 1 (New York City, New York)

 fire service, Beaux-Arts (architecture)

3-story Beaux-Arts fire station completed in 1905. Designed by Trowbridge & Livingston as Engine Company No. 7/Hook & Ladder Company No. 1. It is clad in boldly rusticated Indiana limestone on the ground floor, with alternating grey-brown brick and raised limestone bands on the upper floors. The ground floor is dominated by three large red-painted garage doors; the window frames of the upper floors are also painted bright red. Above the modillioned cornice is a paneled stone parapet.

The fire house was built to house two separate companies: Engine Company No. 7 with its two steamers, hose tenders, horses, and a complement of 25 members; and Hook & Ladder No. 1 with its ladder wagon, horses, and 17 members. In 1920, the western arch-bay became the Fire Department Museum, and remained as such until 1987 when the memorabilia was moved to 278 Spring Street. Today this separate unit houses the fire department's Bureau of Fire Communications.

The building continues to serve the NYFD, housing Division 1 : Battalion 1 (HQ) and home to the FDNY Office of the Manhattan Borough Chief. It was featured in the documentary film "9|11".

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