Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall
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Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall
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North (front) elevation and west profile, 2008
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| Location | Tivoli, NY |
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| Nearest city | Kingston |
| Coordinates | 42°03′32″N 73°54′41″W / 42.05889°N 73.91139°WCoordinates: 42°03′32″N 73°54′41″W / 42.05889°N 73.91139°W |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Michael O'Connor |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 89002005 |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 1989 |
The Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall is located on Broadway in the village of Tivoli, New York, United States. John Watts De Peyster, a resident, paid for it and gave it to the village for its fire department in 1898. It is a brick "storefront" firehouse, a type of fire station more commonly seen in cities at the time than small rural villages like Tivoli.
Since the construction of a new firehouse in 1986 it has been the village hall. In 1989 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and three years later it also became a contributing property to the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.
The firehouse is a three-story building, three bays wide by four deep, on a half-acre (2,000 m²) lot in downtown Tivoli. It is faced in brick laid in English bond with contrasting stone courses at the floor levels. The hipped slate roof is pierced by a dormer with gabled parapet top, four chimneys and a round turreted tower rising from the southwest corner. The roofline's cornice is broken in front by the dormer.
On the northern (front) facade, the first floor has two former garage openings, now filled with paneled wooden doors, and a regular entrance between them. The course above them consists of stone blocks with oak leaves, a traditional European symbol in heraldry for firefighters. A cornerstone gives the architect, builder and date of construction, and a marble dedication plaque memorializes Watts and de Peyster. The stone basement is visible along the side and rear elevations.
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