{"nrhp_refnum":"03000408","name":"Sea Cliff Firehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Roslyn Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sea Cliff","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.848520172000065,"lon":-73.64485582399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story brick firehouse on the east side of Roslyn Avenue in the Village of Sea Cliff, Nassau County, New York, completed in 1931 to a design by Jack Meyer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it represents the community's continued efforts to provide fire protection during the rapid growth of the 1920s and 1930s, built at considerable cost during the Depression. It is also described as a highly intact example of Tudor Revival architecture adapted to a civic building type.","narrative":"Sea Cliff's firehouse on Roslyn Avenue is a one-and-one-half story brick building finished in 1931 and dedicated in June 1932. Designed by architect Jack Meyer in the Tudor Revival style, it combines four engine bays with oak doors, a square bell tower at the main entrance, a steep slate roof, and half-timbered upper walls. Inside are company rooms for the independent volunteer fire companies, administrative offices, and a large community room. The building was funded by a $70,000 bond passed during the Depression, after earlier frame firehouses from 1885 and 1896 were outgrown. It was listed because it reflects the village's effort to protect a growing, year-round suburban population and because it survives with exceptional integrity, with oak trim and engine-bay doors carefully maintained. It remains a fire station and also hosts holiday programs, voting, and sports registration for the community.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":"MEYER, Jack (architect); Roberts, Nash and Company, general contractors","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a fire station and community room; the community room was under renovation to restore its original appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.92564-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000408/793d1f3c95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000408/793d1f3c95-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Antony-22","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Cliff_Firehouse_2015.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony-22</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Cliff_Firehouse_2015.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319201","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Cliff_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7439862"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/sea-cliff-firehouse-03000408/"}