{"nrhp_refnum":"00001231","name":"Osgood, J.C., Firehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"316-324 Third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.719453249000026,"lon":-73.69269362199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story red brick Queen Anne firehouse at 316-324 Third Street in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, built in 1889 for the Jason C. Osgood fire company and now known as Engine Company 6.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of Queen Anne institutional architecture in Troy and a well-preserved record of the city's volunteer firefighting heritage. It is Troy's oldest active firehouse, and its second-floor officers' quarters and third-floor recreation room remain largely intact. The period of significance covers the years it served a volunteer company.","narrative":"Built in 1889 at the corner of Third Street and Canal Avenue in Troy, this red brick firehouse was home to the company founded by inventor and fire commissioner Jason C. Osgood and is still an active fire station. The building combines a bluestone foundation, brownstone water table, sandstone lintels with incised volutes, dogtooth brick panels, metal turrets, finials and large corbelled chimneys in a Queen Anne design meant to fit a residential neighborhood. The exterior is largely intact, though the front doorway was widened for modern equipment and the hose tower was demolished in the 1970s. Inside, the first floor has been reworked, but the second-floor officers' quarters, with a coffered ceiling and carved fireplace overmantel, and the open third-floor recreation room survive. It is listed as Troy's oldest active firehouse and as a reminder of the volunteer era, which ended when the city moved to a paid force in 1923-24.","period_of_significance":"1889-1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an active firehouse in excellent condition, with a heavily altered first floor and an intact exterior, second-floor officers' quarters and third floor. The hose tower was demolished in the 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.427902-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001231.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321272","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Osgood_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706591"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/osgood-j-c-firehouse-00001231/"}