Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse | |
![]() Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse, March 2010 | |
Location | Second Ave., Bay Shore, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°43′29″N 73°14′46″W / 40.72472°N 73.24611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1887 |
Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake |
NRHP reference No. | 01000851[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 15, 2001 |
Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse, also known as Second Avenue Fire House, is a historic fire station located at Bay Shore in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1886 or 1887 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, wood-frame structure with a prominent bell tower. It features a slender hose-drying tower at the rear. Throughout its history it has been used as a fire station, synagogue, and boarding house.[2] Today, it survives as an art gallery.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]