{"nrhp_refnum":"72000854","name":"Old Brooklyn Fire Headquarters","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"365-367 Jay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.69274525900005,"lon":-73.98696623499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story firehouse with a seven-story tower at 365-367 Jay Street in Brooklyn, New York City, built in 1892 in the Romanesque Revival style and designed by Frank Freeman.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of the finest in Brooklyn, with a wide variety of architectural detail in costly materials. It served as the Brooklyn Fire Headquarters until 1898, when Brooklyn was consolidated with Manhattan. It is still used as a firehouse, serving its original purpose.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 365-367 Jay Street in Brooklyn, this firehouse and its attached tower were designed by architect Frank Freeman in the Romanesque Revival style. The main building rises four stories and the tower seven, both with rounded corners that end in turrets under pyramidal roofs of red shingles trimmed in copper. Street-level walls are red granite with red sandstone trim, while the upper walls are dark brown Roman brick with extensive terra cotta detail. A large decorated arch lets fire engines exit, beside a watch tower still used to spot fires. The building served as Brooklyn Fire Headquarters for six years, until 1898, when Brooklyn was consolidated with Manhattan and the headquarters moved. Architectural historians regard it as one of Brooklyn's finest buildings, noting its skilled combination of contrasting materials and textures. It remains in excellent condition, unaltered, and is still a working firehouse, serving the purpose for which it was built.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"Frank Freeman","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and still in use as a firehouse; the tower is still used for spotting fires.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.65101-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000854.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000854/cefe1fbf53-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000854/cefe1fbf53-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rickbern","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BrooklynFireDepartment_0751.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rickbern</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:BrooklynFireDepartment_0751.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318465","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Brooklyn_Fire_Headquarters","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4974831"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/old-brooklyn-fire-headquarters-72000854/"}