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Riverside Cooperative Hall Fire - 1936

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Title

Riverside Cooperative Hall Fire - 1936

Description

The fire began at 6:05 PM on 30 Jan 1936. The 1st photo is a view the day after the fire, 31 Jan 1936 at 10:30 AM, from the Summer Street side. The second photo is from the front on Nason Street.
Built by the Association in 1882 as a four story building on the Nason Street side, front: 1st floor occupied by the cooperative, 2nd floor used for many years by the Public Library and a barber shop and later the Knights of Columbus and the Elks, 3rd floor had a hall were town meetings, graduations, rallies, dances, basketball, wrestling and other types of social activities occurred including the first moving picture shown on Thanksgiving night, November 1902, the 4th floor had a banquet hall. The building was later partially rebuilt and is now the Knights of Columbus building on the Corner of Nason and Summer Streets.

Date

1936

Contributor

Donated by Ralph Sheridan

Identifier

1999.B115
1999.1295A
1999.1295B

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photo print

Physical Dimensions

3x4 in.; two 6 x 10 in. copies

Storage

PB40