Engine Company 14 is typical of early New York City firehouses – typically ornate, that is. The Department’s official architect, Napoleon Le Brun, made each house different.
The care given to firehouse design reflected the Fire Department’s campaign to raise the department’s professionalism, as it shifted from a volunteer to paid force.
Engine Company 14 Vital Statistics
- Location: 14 E 18th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
- Year completed: 1895
- Architect: Napoleon Le Brun & Sons
- Floors: 3
- Style: Beaux Arts
- New York City Landmark: 1989 (Ladies Mile Historic District)
Engine Company 14 Recommended Reading
- Wikipedia entry (FDNY History)
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report (p. 529)
- Daytonian in Manhattan blog
- Engine Company 14 web page
- FDNY Photo Archive for Engine Company 14
- New York City Fire Museum website
- FDNY website