Firehouse, Engine Company 31

	Firehouse, Engine Company 31
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New York City Landmark
	(2006)
Location	87 Lafayette Street; Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°43′02″N 74°00′5″W / 40.71722°N 74.00139°W
Built	1895
Architect	Napoleon Le Brun & Sons
NRHP reference No.	72000870
NYCL No.	190
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1972
Designated NYCL	January 18, 1966

Firehouse, Engine Company 31 is a historic fire station located at 87 Lafayette Street between Walker and White Streets in the Tribeca and Civic Center neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was built in 1895 and designed by architects Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, who styled it after early-16th-century chateaux in the Loire Valley of France.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The New York City Fire Department vacated the building in November 1972, and it is currently occupied by the Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV).^[5]

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Notes

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
^ Stephen S. Lash (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Firehouse, Engine Company 31. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
^ Downtown Community Television Center