{"nrhp_refnum":"04001341","name":"Beacon Engine Company No. 1 Firehouse","other_names":["5/33"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"57 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beacon","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.50309120600008,"lon":-73.96087969099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story, three-bay brick firehouse at 57 East Main Street in Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1889 by the former village of Matteawan in the Second Empire style, with a 1924 garage annex.","why_significant":"It is the oldest active firehouse in Beacon and still houses its original volunteer company, the oldest of the city's three. It is locally significant under Criterion A for the development of public services and under Criterion C as a fine local example of Second Empire architecture, notable for its masonry, belfry, hose-drying tower and interior plasterwork.","narrative":"Built in 1889 by the village of Matteawan, this brick firehouse on East Main Street in Beacon is the city's oldest active firehouse and still serves the volunteer company it was built for. Its Second Empire design includes a mansard roof, a Stick-style wooden belfry with an ogee roof, a tall brick hose-drying tower, and a front facade of red brick with sandstone lintels, sills and belt courses. A brick garage annex was added in 1924, and the second-floor meeting room keeps marble mantels and an ornate plaster ceiling medallion with cherubs and nineteenth-century fire equipment. Matteawan and Fishkill Landing merged in 1913 to form Beacon, and the firehouse and company joined the Beacon Fire Department. The building is recognized locally for its role in the growth of public services during a period of rapid industrial development, and for its architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1889 through 1954.","period_of_significance":"1889-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Second Empire","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an active fire station; the interior has been substantially altered for a modern fire department, and the center vehicle bay was infilled with brick around 1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.950017-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001341.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001341/6609e67654-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001341/6609e67654-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beacon_Firehouse_-1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Beacon_Firehouse_-1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317299","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Tompkins_Hose_Company_No._1_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4875921"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/beacon-engine-company-no-1-firehouse-04001341/"}