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West End Hose Company Number 3
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West End Hose Company Number 3 is a historic two-story brick firehouse in Somerville, New Jersey, built in 1888 and designed by local architect Jacques Vanderbeck in the Romanesque Revival style. Its standout feature is a large arched second-floor window of textured multicolored glass beneath a brick arch with a granite keystone inscribed “WEST-END HOSE, 1888.” The building served the West End Hose Company until 1970, then was adapted as the Somerville Fire Department Museum, operated by the Somerville Exempt Firemen's Association. It preserves the architecture of a late 19th-century volunteer fire station and Somerville’s fire-service history, earning listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
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