{"nrhp_refnum":"85000729","name":"Central Fire Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Erie Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schenectady","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.81332264000008,"lon":-73.94596426399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick civic building at 155 Erie Boulevard in downtown Schenectady, New York, built between 1924 and 1929 as the city's second central fire station. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, sophisticated example of early twentieth century Georgian Revival civic architecture in Schenectady. It is also one of the few historic buildings left on Erie Boulevard, the former Erie Canal bed. It is the largest and most intact of the city's nine surviving historic fire stations and is tied to the period when the fire department won awards for its efficiency.","narrative":"Central Fire Station is a three-story brick building on Erie Boulevard in downtown Schenectady, constructed between 1924 and 1929 on the filled bed of the Erie Canal. Its Georgian Revival design includes a five-bay arcade of segmentally arched garage openings with cast-stone consoles, a balustraded cornice, and second-story French doors opening onto iron balconies. Inside, terra-cotta wainscoting, brass fire poles and oak woodwork survive. The architect and builder are unknown. For more than five decades it served as the city's central firefighting facility, housing several companies, administrative offices and living quarters for volunteer and paid firemen. During this time the department won national awards among cities of similar size for training, equipment and fire prevention. The station is the largest, most elaborate and best preserved of Schenectady's nine surviving early twentieth century firehouses, and one of few historic buildings left on Erie Boulevard. The fire department left in 1981 for a new facility, and the building has stood unoccupied since, with only slight deterioration.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacated by the fire department in July 1981 and unoccupied since; recent neglect has caused slight deterioration, but the interior and architectural integrity remain substantially intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.426054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85000729.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321665","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fire_Station_(Schenectady,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5061085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/central-fire-station-85000729/"}