Fire Patrol No. 2
84 West 3rd Street | Greenwich Village | built 1906
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1906
An older Amity Street house is demolished for the Fire Patrol firehouse
An earlier house stood on this lot, originally numbered 86 Amity Street and renumbered 84 Amity Street sometime between 1852 and 1857; Amity Street was later renamed West 3rd Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission thinks it may have resembled its neighbors, which the estate of John Ireland probably built as investments. It was demolished in 1906 to make way for the present firehouse.
“The original address of the house that originally stood on this tax lot was 86 Amity Street... The original house was demolished to make way for the existing firehouse in 1906.”
- 1907
Fire Patrol No. 2, the insurers' salvage company, moves in from Great Jones Street
The New York Fire Patrol was funded by insurance companies and worked beside, but not under, the city fire department, saving property from fire and water damage. Fire Patrol No. 2 had been operating from 31 Great Jones Street and moved into its new house here in 1907. Franklin Baylies designed the four-story Beaux-Arts building for the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1909
Fire Patrol 2 rushes tarpaulins to Police Headquarters after a fire
A fire broke out at Police Headquarters on the evening of January 8, 1909, and firemen's hoses sent water pouring into the Deputy Police Commissioner's office and onto the telegraph and telephone room below. Fire Patrol 2 was hurriedly sent for, and its heavy canvas covers were stretched across the ceiling to catch the water that was threatening the police phone system.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 2001
Keith Roma of Fire Patrol 2 helps rescue about 200 people at the World Trade Center
Keith Roma, 27, had served at Fire Patrol 2 for six years. On September 11, 2001, he made at least four trips into Tower One and helped rescue about two hundred people. His body was found on Christmas Eve 2001. He was the last of the 32 Fire Patrol members to die in the line of duty.
Source: Village Preservation
- 2010
Anderson Cooper buys the vacant firehouse and converts it to a home
The insurers' Fire Patrol was disbanded in 2006, and the building was put up for sale. In 2010 journalist Anderson Cooper bought the 8,240-square-foot house for $4.3 million. Architect Cary Tamarkin stripped decades of paint from the facade and restored the stone and terra cotta, and the plan was to keep interior details such as the brass fire poles and cast-iron spiral stair.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The 1906 Fire Patrol #2 -- 84 West Third StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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