Well, at least I know it was a cold night -- the night the Gaylord Hotel, formerly The Jennings House -- burnt to the ground. More precisely, it was February 8, 1910. I have a reprint of the newspaer account from the era, but here's a brief account taken from the same article, I presume, from "Wyoming County, 1842-1992", compiled by the Wyoming County Sesquicentenial Committee, copyright 1992:
"The third tavern was part of the Jennings House (Hotel) which was located in the Mehoopany end of town across the big Mehoopany Creek. A part of the front of this building was put up by Daniel Hicks in 1838 and in 1850 John Maynard built the addition.This was known as the Jennings House or Gaylord House. In 1910 on a bitter night, there was a disaterous fire which burned the hotel, the John Gaylord residence, Charles Jennings' store over which the Odd Fellows Hall was located, two dwelling houses owned by Frank Jennings and occupied by Frank Hobbs and Henry June, a house owned by F. C. Dennison estate and occupied by Grant Krewson who was a liveryman, a two-story wash shed, the hotel barn and a barn beloging to Frank Jennings in which a horse perished."
Great photo and post, Bruce. Fire was the worst disaster at that time for the area, although flooding was bad enough. There were a few other fires in Mehoopany, but nothing on this scale. What a shame. Thanks for sharing!
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