When James A. Hogg, a professional rat catcher by trade, opened his new dog bathhouse in Harlem in 1903, it attracted much attention from the press. Sure, there were by this time several hospitals for dogs and other animals. And boarding houses for those wealthy pet owners who could afford it had also been around for years. But a bathhouse for dogs was quite a novel idea, even for a city where dogs were considered a luxury.
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1896: Nero, the Beloved Newfoundland of Harlem’s Fire Patrol No. 5
Posted: 17th September 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 307 West 121st Street, FDNY Fire Patrol, FDNY history, Fire Patrol No. 5, George Carlin Way, Harlem history
Somewhere under an apartment building on West 121st Street, on a section of the street just east of Amsterdam Avenue called George Carlin Way, lies the body of a large Newfoundland who was buried on an early spring day in 1896. His grave, once “marked by a floral display seldom equaled by a rich man’s funeral,” is now under tons of concrete and steel. But the story of Nero, the beloved Newfoundland of Fire Patrol No. 5, will live on through this animal tale of Old New York.
