Firehouse, Engine Company 46

451 East 176th Street | Tremont | built 1894

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1. 1894

   Napoleon LeBrun & Sons build a new home for Engine Company 46 on East 176th Street

   Engine Company 46 was organized in 1881 and spent its first years in rented rooms on Morris Street. After two lots on East 176th Street were bought in 1893, the firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, the Fire Department's architects, designed a Renaissance Revival firehouse at number 451, finished in 1894. A near twin for Hook & Ladder Company 27 went up next door in 1903-04.

   “In 1894, the building for Engine Company 46 was constructed at 451 East 176th Street, designed by the firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons.”

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1972

   Engine 46 moves out and the Fire Marshals take over the firehouse

   In 1972 Engine Company 46 and Hook & Ladder Company 27 left for new quarters at 460 Cross Bronx Expressway. The Bureau of Fire Investigation, home of the Fire Marshals, and the Bureau of Fire Communications moved into the East 176th Street buildings. Hook & Ladder Company 58, formed here in 1968, stayed on until 1974.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1992

   Rescue Company 3 arrives from West 181st Street

   The fire investigation and communications offices relocated in 1992. That year the two East 176th Street buildings were taken over by Rescue Company 3, which had been based on West 181st Street. By the time of the 2013 landmark report, an engine company and a ladder company were once again stationed here.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

4. 2013

   February 12

   The city designates the Engine Company 46 firehouse a landmark

   The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the firehouse a New York City landmark on February 12, 2013, after a December 2012 hearing with no speakers opposed. The Fire Department wrote in support. By then the building housed Engine Company 46 together with Hook & Ladder Company 17.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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