Perry Hose Company 23 - firehouse 48 Horatio St Greenwich Village - volunteer company
Triton Hose Company 23 organized Charles St near Hudson St 1839
Triton Hose Company 23 name changed to Perry Hose Company 23 Unknown
Perry Hose Company 23 moved to new firehouse 48 Horatio St 1847
Perry Hose Company 23 disbanded 1865
48 Horatio St former firehouse - current:
No. 23. -- Triton. -- Perry. -- This company first organized under the name of "Triton" on April 1, 1839, and subsequently changed the name to "Perry," in honor of the celebrated Commodore. Two round panels of Perry Hose, illustrating commodore Perry's victory, and which were owned by ex-President King of the Fire Department, were preserved at the Volunteer Firemen's Headquarters. Hose No. 23 was located in Charles Street, near Hudson; after 1847 in Horatio Street, near Hudson, and went out of service in 1865 when the paid Metropolitan Department was established.
(from "Our Firemen - The History of the NY Fire Departments")
Nicknames - volunteer companies in NYC and other cities had distinct nicknames selected by company members for unit identification and morale. They usually decorated their rigs with correspondiing titles and images:
"Triton" - a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells. Like his father, Poseidon, he carried a trident. However, Triton's special attribute was a twisted conch shell, on which he blew like a trumpet to calm or raise the waves. Its sound was such a cacophony, that when loudly blown, it put the giants to flight, who imagined it to be the roar of a dark wild beast.
"Perry" - Commodore Matthew C. Perry claimed Key West for US; responsible for modernization of the US Navy in the early 1800s; established curriculum at US Naval Academy; "Father of the Steam Navy" (modernized fleet); commandant of NY Navy yard in 1840s; explorer who visited and "opened" Japan for US in 1850s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Matthew_Perry
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/ends/opening.htm
Perry Hose Company 23 would be within the current response areas of Squad 18, Engine 3, Ladder 12 and Battalion 7
Triton Hose Company 23 organized Charles St near Hudson St 1839
Triton Hose Company 23 name changed to Perry Hose Company 23 Unknown
Perry Hose Company 23 moved to new firehouse 48 Horatio St 1847
Perry Hose Company 23 disbanded 1865
48 Horatio St former firehouse - current:
No. 23. -- Triton. -- Perry. -- This company first organized under the name of "Triton" on April 1, 1839, and subsequently changed the name to "Perry," in honor of the celebrated Commodore. Two round panels of Perry Hose, illustrating commodore Perry's victory, and which were owned by ex-President King of the Fire Department, were preserved at the Volunteer Firemen's Headquarters. Hose No. 23 was located in Charles Street, near Hudson; after 1847 in Horatio Street, near Hudson, and went out of service in 1865 when the paid Metropolitan Department was established.
(from "Our Firemen - The History of the NY Fire Departments")
Nicknames - volunteer companies in NYC and other cities had distinct nicknames selected by company members for unit identification and morale. They usually decorated their rigs with correspondiing titles and images:
"Triton" - a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea. He is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively, and is herald for his father. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells. Like his father, Poseidon, he carried a trident. However, Triton's special attribute was a twisted conch shell, on which he blew like a trumpet to calm or raise the waves. Its sound was such a cacophony, that when loudly blown, it put the giants to flight, who imagined it to be the roar of a dark wild beast.
"Perry" - Commodore Matthew C. Perry claimed Key West for US; responsible for modernization of the US Navy in the early 1800s; established curriculum at US Naval Academy; "Father of the Steam Navy" (modernized fleet); commandant of NY Navy yard in 1840s; explorer who visited and "opened" Japan for US in 1850s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Matthew_Perry
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/ends/opening.htm
Perry Hose Company 23 would be within the current response areas of Squad 18, Engine 3, Ladder 12 and Battalion 7
