The West End Hose Company Number 3 is a historic two-story brick firehouse located at 15 North Doughty Avenue in the borough of Somerville in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 2002 for its significance in architecture and social history.[3] The building is currently the Somerville Fire Department Museum operated by the Somerville Exempt Firemen's Association.[4]
West End Hose Company Number 3 | |
 Firehouse in 2016 | |
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| Location | 15 North Doughty Avenue Somerville, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°34′14.5″N 74°37′05″W / 40.570694°N 74.61806°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | Jacques Vanderbeck |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000808[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 3690[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 2002 |
| Designated NJRHP | May 29, 2002 |
History
editThe firehouse was designed by Somerville architect Jacques Vanderbeck in a Romanesque Revival style and built in 1888. The primary design element is the large arched window on the second level featuring squares of textured glass in several colors. The brick arch over it has a granite keystone with "WEST-END HOSE, 1888". It housed the West End Hose Company until 1970, when the company relocated to a new firehouse. The building then became home to the Somerville Fire Museum.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System – (#02000808)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 28, 2021. p. 15.
- ^ a b October 2001, Margaret. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West End Hose Company Number 3". National Park Service.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) With accompanying 13 photos - ^ "Fire Museum History". Somerville Fire Department.
External links
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Media related to West End Hose Company Firehouse at Wikimedia Commons- "Fireman's Museum". The Historical Marker Database.
