Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall
Tivoli, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Built in 1898 in the village of Tivoli, New York, the Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall is a Richardsonian Romanesque brick structure that stands on Broadway as a rare example of an urban-style "storefront" firehouse adapted for a small rural community. Funded and donated to the village by resident John Watts De Peyster, the building served the local fire department until a new firehouse was constructed in 1986, after which it became the village hall. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and designated a contributing property to the Hudson River Historic District—itself a National Historic Landmark—three years later, the building remains a distinctive architectural artifact of late-nineteenth-century civic infrastructure.
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- Built
- Type
- fire station
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
- Place
- Tivoli, United States
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