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Lantern slide transparency: Fire at First Reformed Church, 829-831 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, n.d., circa Dec. 16, 1919.
2013.005.0111
2013.005
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
n/a
1919
Hoboken
Good
Notes: Excerpts about the fire from archives 2007.047.0201.24 : Report: [Fire investigation and response to] Admiral Benson Service Club, (Hoboken), Dec. 15 to Dec. 31, 1919. (see that record for full text of the 8 page document.) The Benson Service Club on Dec.15th.1919 was totally destroyed by fire, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. the same day. Position of Club. Built on a lot bounded on the North by an apartment house, four stories and basement and an open yard; on the South by an apartment house four stories and basement, and a Protestant Church, The First Reformed; on the East by Bloomfield St. and on the West by, Washington Ave. [sic] the artery of the city or main street. The Club fronted on this avenue. The First Reformed Church directly in the rear of apartments 820 and 822 Washington Ave. has but the four walls standing after the fire. Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-05-23