{"nrhp_refnum":"89002005","name":"De Peyster, Watts, Fireman's Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"86 Broadway at Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tivoli","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":42.058945497000025,"lon":-73.91140349299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story red brick firehouse at 86 Broadway at Pine Street in the village of Tivoli, Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1898 to designs by architect Michael O'Connor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a highly intact, relatively sophisticated example of the urban 'storefront style' firehouse, built in a small Hudson River village. It is also tied to John Watts de Peyster, who funded it as a model station and was an early advocate of professional firefighting. It reflects the growth and civic development of Tivoli.","narrative":"Built in 1898 on Broadway in Tivoli, this three-story brick firehouse served the village for eighty-eight years, until a new station opened nearby in 1986. Designed by Hudson architect Michael O'Connor and built by John Fitzgerald, it combines Richardsonian Romanesque details with the 'storefront style' common to urban fire stations: a central entrance flanked by vehicle bays, stone coursing, a steep gabled dormer, a slate hipped roof and a corner tower used for the fire alarm and hose drying. John Watts de Peyster, a local philanthropist and early advocate of paid, professionally organized firefighting, funded it as a memorial to his father and maternal grandfather. He leased it to the village, and in 1921 relatives of his donated it to Tivoli. Because it was built as Tivoli's prosperity began to wane, the building has changed little, and its interior retains pressed tin ceilings and a large third-floor meeting hall. The building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"M. O'Connor, Architect; John Fitzgerald, Builder (Michael O'Connor of Hudson, New York)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Romanesque (vernacular interpretation of Richardsonian Romanesque; 'storefront style' firehouse)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Served as the village firehouse from 1898 until 1986, when a new building was constructed nearby; current function listed as vacant/not in use. Interior and exterior are largely intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.143059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89002005.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002005/bce72dca43-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002005/bce72dca43-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watts_de_Peyster_Fireman%27s_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Watts_de_Peyster_Fireman%27s_Hall.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002219","name":"Hudson River Heritage Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/hudson-river-heritage-historic-district-90002219/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317341","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_De_Peyster_Fireman%27s_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2552762"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/de-peyster-watts-firemans-hall-89002005/"}