{"nrhp_refnum":"91000480","name":"Rescue Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 Firehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of School St. and Skillman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roslyn","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.80284853400008,"lon":-73.64636633199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story red brick firehouse built in 1937 on School Street (Old Northern Boulevard) at Skillman Street, in the village of Roslyn, Nassau County, New York. It stands on its original site of less than one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a highly intact, representative example of Colonial Revival public architecture in Roslyn and of the small village volunteer firehouse type on suburban Long Island. It is one of seven Colonial Revival public buildings in the village and was left out of the earlier Roslyn Village survey only because it was under fifty years old. It also keeps its original plan and room uses.","narrative":"Rescue Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 Firehouse is a one-and-one-half story red brick building on School Street at the north end of Roslyn, New York. Built in 1937 to designs by local architect Henry William Johanson, it replaced earlier quarters for a volunteer company organized in 1852 and chartered in 1866. The firehouse follows the Colonial Revival style, with modified Flemish bond brickwork, three arched truck bays, a slate gable roof, pedimented dormers, tripartite windows and a wooden octagonal cupola. Stone plaques on the front record 1852 and 1937. Inside, the apparatus room, second-floor meeting room and basement recreation room reflect the volunteer firehouse type, which served as both equipment depot and clubhouse. The building is one of seven Colonial Revival public buildings in the village and keeps nearly all its original exterior features and interior layout. A portico added around 1980 is the only significant alteration, and the firehouse remains in use by the fire company.","period_of_significance":"1937","architect_builder":"H. William Johanson, Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a firehouse; the only alteration noted is a portico added around 1980 over the main pedestrian entrance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.141812-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000480.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000480/fdd4df4391-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000480/fdd4df4391-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"D. Benjamin Miller","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rescue_Hook_%26_Ladder_Company_No._1_Firehouse,_Dec_28_2022.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">D. Benjamin Miller</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rescue_Hook_%26_Ladder_Company_No._1_Firehouse,_Dec_28_2022.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313708","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Hook_%26_Ladder_Company_No._1_Firehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7314982"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/rescue-hook-and-ladder-company-no-1-firehouse-91000480/"}