{"nrhp_refnum":"94001003","name":"Dolge, Alfred, Hose Co. No. 1 Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of S. Main and Slawson Sts., SW corner","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dolgeville","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.09998679200004,"lon":-74.77410407999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, gable-roofed frame former firehouse at the southwest corner of South Main and Slawson Streets in Dolgeville, Herkimer County, New York. Built as a store in 1890 by Henry Faville, it was converted to a firehouse in 1901.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a substantially intact example of a regional vernacular civic building tied to early twentieth-century fire protection in Dolgeville. It is also associated with industrialist Alfred Dolge, the village's namesake and chief benefactor, who underwrote the fire company's equipment and building. It remains a prominent civic landmark.","narrative":"Built in 1890 as a store by Henry Faville, this two-story frame building on South Main Street in Dolgeville was converted to a firehouse in 1901. It has a gabled standing-seam metal roof, clapboard siding, a cut stone basement, an open belfry and a rear hose-drying tower, and a simple molded cornice and second-story porch with turned balustrade. The fire company rented the quarters until 1914, when the village bought the property. Apparatus, from hand-drawn to motorized, was kept here until the department moved to a new building in 1991. The firehouse is tied to Alfred Dolge, the piano and felt manufacturer for whom the village was renamed, who led the founding of local fire companies and paid for their equipment. Alterations to the first floor were reversed in 1993 using historic photographs, and the front second-floor room keeps its pressed metal ceiling and Lincrusta wainscoting. A local historical society now operates it as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1901","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Fire department vacated in 1991; acquired by a local historical society in 1992 and renovated as a museum of local history. The 1993 work restored the historic door configuration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.033578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94001003.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001003/3b2fe210e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001003/3b2fe210e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Allan Green","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Dolge_Hose_Co._No._1_bldg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Allan Green</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Dolge_Hose_Co._No._1_bldg.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318122","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Dolge_Hose_Co._No._1_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4722553"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/dolge-alfred-hose-co-no-1-building-94001003/"}