The Ten House
124 Liberty Street | also 141 Greenwich Street | Financial District | built 1980
Open on the map9 entries
The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1980
Engine 10 and Ladder 10 settle into a new Liberty Street firehouse
Engine Company 10, founded in 1865 at 28 Beaver Street, moves into the new firehouse at 124 Liberty Street on June 11, 1980. Ladder Company 10, also founded in 1865, at 28 Ann Street, joins it there on July 1, 1984. The Ten House is one of only two FDNY firehouses where an engine and a ladder company share the same number.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1984
Ladder 10 moves into Liberty Street, joining Engine 10 in a shared firehouse
Engine 10 had moved to 124 Liberty Street in June 1980. Ladder 10 followed on July 1, 1984, which put the two companies together under one roof. Both had been organized in 1865 from volunteer companies and had occupied several homes before. The Ten House is one of only two FDNY firehouses where an engine and ladder share the same number.
Source: fdnytenhouse.org
- 2001
The firehouse becomes a refuge for dozens of people and then a command post
After the first plane hit, Ten House filled with dozens of people; a few were hurt, but most simply wanted shelter from the street. Falling debris and the collapse of the towers badly damaged the roof, windows, floors, inside walls and electrical system, yet the structure stood. For a time the building served as a command post for rescue operations.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2001
The tower collapse buries the apparatus floor in debris, and five of the house's members are lost that day
When the towers fell, debris poured into the firehouse. The apparatus floor was under more than three feet of rubble, and in places in and around the building the debris was nearly six feet deep. The ventilation, air conditioning and exhaust systems were destroyed. Five members of the house died that day: Lt. Gregg Atlas, Jeffrey Olsen and Paul Pansini of Engine 10, and Lt. Stephen Harrell and Sean Tallon of Ladder 10.
Source: fdnytenhouse.org
- 2001
Ten House firefighters are first on the scene of the Trade Center attacks
The Ten House stands across from the World Trade Center, and its firefighters are in the middle of a shift change when the first plane hits the North Tower. Engine 10 and Ladder 10 are the first companies to arrive at the scene. Firefighters from both companies die in the collapse of the towers, and both companies' apparatus is destroyed.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2002
Ladder 10, the only paid company still out of service, is promised a new truck
In early 2002 the Fire Department announced that Ladder 10, the only paid company still out of service since September 11, would return with a new truck and share quarters on Duane Street. The truck would carry a mural of a firefighter raising the flag. Engine 10 had shared a South Street firehouse since November, and residents were pressing for a temporary house in Battery Park City.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2002
FEMA grants $1.45 million to restore Ten House as both companies gather for the first time since September 11
On July 16, 2002, officials announced that FEMA would grant $1.45 million to restore Ten House. Members of both companies stood together in one firehouse for the first time since September 11. Colleagues also recalled Sean Tallon, who wore headphones around the house to hear Irish folk music; they learned only at his memorial, when his sister played a recording, that he played the accordion.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2003
The rebuilt Ten House firehouse reopens and reunites its companies
The firehouse is rebuilt with $1.45 million in partial funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reopens on November 5, 2003. Engine 10 and Ladder 10, which had been moved to nearby firehouses on Duane Street and South Street, are reunited there. Ladder 10 receives a new truck with a special American flag design and the names of the Ten House firefighters killed on 9/11.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2006
A 56-foot mural honoring 343 fallen firefighters is unveiled at the firehouse
A 56-foot-long, 6-foot-tall mural honoring the 343 FDNY firefighters lost on September 11 is unveiled on the side of the firehouse on June 10, 2006. The law firm Holland & Knight donates the mural. Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta join the unveiling.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
Nearby
- Beard Building120 Liberty Street | 6 entries
- High School of Economics and Finance100 Trinity Place | 5 entries
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine130 Liberty Street | 14 entries
- 4 World Trade Center150 Greenwich Street | 11 entries
- 125 Greenwich Street22 Thames Street | 10 entries
- Leadership & Public Service High School90 Trinity Place | 3 entries