{"nrhp_refnum":"01000554","name":"Engine House No. 28","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1170 Lovejoy St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.889859373000036,"lon":-78.80473780099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick fire station at 1170 Lovejoy Street, at the corner of Gold Street in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It was built in 1897 and designed by architect Frederick Mohr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is architecturally significant as a distinctive example of turn-of-the-century firehouse design in Buffalo, with Queen Anne-based eclectic features. It also retains its original plan and interior details reflecting how firefighting and firemen's amenities were viewed at the time. It is tied historically to the growth of the Lovejoy neighborhood and the city's fire protection.","narrative":"Engine House No. 28 is a brick fire station at the corner of Lovejoy and Gold Streets in Buffalo's Lovejoy neighborhood. Completed in 1897 to a design by Buffalo architect Frederick Mohr, it served the city's 9th Ward and still operates as a fire station. The building is rectangular, two stories tall, with a hipped slate roof, two octagonal corner towers with tent roofs, a blind arcade, and polychromed brick and stone bands that emphasize its horizontal lines. A 60-foot hose-drying tower rises on the Gold Street side, though it has been shortened by about twenty-five feet. Inside, the original plan survives, including brass fire poles, a bunkroom, officers' quarters, and a hayloft. Horse stalls were removed in 1923 when the first motorized truck arrived. The station was recognized for its eclectic design, its high integrity, and its reflection of 1890s ideas about fire station layout and comfortable quarters for professional firemen.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1897","architect_builder":"Frederick Mohr, Architect; Watson and McGuiness, Builder","architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an active fire station; the main change noted is a modern overhead apparatus door, and the interior was altered in 1923 when horse stalls were removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.393962-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000554.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000554/59e6625b94-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000554/59e6625b94-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shinerunner (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engine_House_No._28_(Buffalo,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Shinerunner (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Engine_House_No._28_(Buffalo,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317611","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_House_No._28_(Buffalo,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5377716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/engine-house-no-28-01000554/"}