Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse, also known as Second Avenue Fire House, is a historic fire station located at Bay Shore in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1886 or 1887 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood-frame structure with a prominent bell tower. It features a slender hose-drying tower at the rear. Throughout its history it has been used as a fire station, synagogue, and boarding house.[2] Today, it survives as an art gallery.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes James Warren (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying six photographs
- ^ "Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space". Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
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