A fire broke broke out at the Academy of Music before sunrise on Sunday June 30, 1889. The fire was so large that witnesses were worried it would spread to other houses and buildings on Bank Street. Eleven fire steamers and three fire trucks were called to put out the flames. After an hour it seemed that the firemen had been successful but alas, the fire broke out once again and raged for another hour and a half. The rebuilt Academy (as shown here) operated for another three years until a second fire claimed the building for good.
