A New York Times article, published in October 1883, reported that this fire started at Cole & Co’s paint store which was on Monroe between Main and Second. While the fire was busily destroying Cole’s a breeze carried the flames to adjoining buildings. The article cites that the Greenlaw Opera House was on Second Street and its wooden frame succumbed entirely to the fire as did the Mozart Music Hall that was on the corner of Second and Monroe. Curiously, this marker is located behind Parking Can Be Fun parking garage in Barbaro Alley which is two blocks south of Second and Monroe. Now either the NYT didn’t get their facts straight or someone down here decided that marker should go in that spot anyway.
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