106-108 East 13th Street is a 2-story firehouse constructed in 1928 for the NYFD (originally Hook & Ladder Co. No. 3). Plaques on the exterior of the building attest that this house lost most of its men responding to the September 11th attacks, making it one of the hardest-hit firehouses in the entire city. Hook & Ladder Co. No. 3 was first organized on September 11, 1865, originally located just west of here on 13th Street. A plaque on the building notes that Greenwich Village Mayor James J. Walker was responsible for its construction. Walker was a protege of New York Governor Al Smith who lived nearby at 51 Fifth Avenue, while Walker lived most of his life, including during his mayoralty, on St. Luke’s Place.