Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1977.132.0508 |
Title |
Fire aftermath. April, 1884. |
Description |
The photo shows Warren Street, the site of burned Glens Falls Opera House; the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church is also visible. Groups of men and women are standing in the street, watching the fire. |
Collection |
Seneca Ray Stoddard Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Photographer |
Seneca Ray Stoddard |
Date |
1884 |
Dated from |
1884 |
Place |
Warren Co./Glens Falls |
Search Terms |
Warren Street First Presbyterian Church Glens Falls Opera House |
Classification |
Fire & Firefighting People Street Scenes |
Medium |
Albumen print |
Notes |
The Glens Falls Fire, April 28, 1884, was the second "great conflagration." It started in the Union Hall building at top of the Glen Street hill, and spread to the 900-seat M.B. Little Opera House, through "Murderers Row," and across Glen Street to Warren Street, where it destroyed the larger, 1400-seat Glens Falls Opera House and the First Presbyterian Church. Glens Falls was without an opera house after this fire. This photograph was part of a private archival collection collected by Alexander Miller, Superintendent of the Glens Falls Schools. |
Print size |
4.25 x 8" |