Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Firehouse #1 (Bldg. 51)
Architectural Conservation Center. 1990. Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Firehouse #1 (Bldg. 51). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Douglasville, Georgia
Fort Hancock is part of the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area. On the entire peninsula of Sandy Hook, there are approximately 300 structures reflecting Light House Board, Lifesaving Service, and United States Army activity from 1764 through the 1970s. These structures are of varying levels of historic and architectural significance. This Historic Structure Assessment Report surveys the Firehouse #1 (Bldg. 51) at Fort Hancock, providing photographs, floor plans, statements of deficiency, and preservation recommendations. This rectangular building was constructed in 1905 to replace the first firehouse, which was too small. Originally, the building had an open floor plan to allow room for two fire engines. The walls are buff colored brick on a stone foundation. It has a hip roof and a tower at the northwest corner. There is an L-shaped brick addition.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Architectural Conservation Center
- Date of Issue
- 1990
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GATE , NER
- Keywords
- firefighters, firehouse, fort, Fort Hancock, military, World War I, World War II
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 008472: Fort Hancock-Firehouse #1 Building 51