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Panel from museum exhibit - Bars Burning
Panel from museum exhibit, Through a Rainbow Lens, A Reflection on Lynn's LGBTQ+ History, Bars Burning
Location: The Lynn Museum, 590 Washiington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Jim Moser
Date: 2024-06-05
Subjects: Fire
Location: The Lynn Museum, 590 Washiington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Jim Moser
Date: 2024-06-05
Subjects: Fire
1986 - Bar owner guilty of insurance fraud surrounding fire that destroyed Tamany Hall Lounge
The Tamany Hall Lounge was owned by Dominic L. Serino from 1980 to 1981. He was found guilty of asking workmen to produce inflated invoices before a fire and then submitting a fraudulent insurance claim. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Tamany Hall, 418-420 Union St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 1986-09-11
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Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Tamany Hall, 418-420 Union St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 1986-09-11
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1984 - Angry neighbors want Mr. Dominic's hours rolled back
Mr. Dominic's moved from Central Ave. to Broad St. in 1983 and was soon met with community opposition. The bar closed in 1987 after the bar's closing hour was rolled back to 11 pm and the owner, Dominic Serino went to prison for insurance fraud surrounding the fire at Tamany Hall Lounge.
Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Mr. Dominic's, 212 Broad St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 1984-07-27
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Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Mr. Dominic's, 212 Broad St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 1984-07-27
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1981 - Two gay bars survive fire that ravaged their neighborhood
Fran's Place survived Lynn's second great fire that burned all around it and destroyed neighboring structures such as the Blue Note bar. Also surviving was 212 Broad St., the home of JR's Ranch.
Pictured: News article
Location: Lower Broad St., Lynn MA
Source: The Lynn Item
Date: 1981-11-28
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Pictured: News article
Location: Lower Broad St., Lynn MA
Source: The Lynn Item
Date: 1981-11-28
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1980 - A lot happens at Tamany Hall
Tamany Hall Lounge, popular with LGBTQ people, operated from 1978 to 1981, when it burned in a large Central Square fire. A patron who happened to be there when the fire started, said the bar had a back room and that a pimp, one of the managers, "ran his girls" out of the bar.
Pictured: Advertisement, page 30
Location: Tamany Hall, 418-420 Union St, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1980-08-20
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Pictured: Advertisement, page 30
Location: Tamany Hall, 418-420 Union St, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1980-08-20
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1976 - Fran's Place opens at the location of the Light House Cafe
Frances L. and John J. Collins open Fran's Place in 1976 after buying the fire-damaged site of the former Light House Cafe. Fran's Place welcomed the LGBTQ+ community for 40 years, closing in 2016.
Pictured: Ad for the opening of Fran's Place
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Gay Community News
Date: 1976-11-13
Pictured: Ad for the opening of Fran's Place
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Gay Community News
Date: 1976-11-13
1975 - The Light House Cafe closes
The Light House Cafe closed in 1975 due to fire damage after several prior attempts to burn it down.
Pictured: News clip
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Gay Community News, page 2
Date: 1975-07-26
Pictured: News clip
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Gay Community News, page 2
Date: 1975-07-26
1975 - The final fire at the Light House Cafe
After four documented malicious fires, the Light House Cafe is burned out by the fifth in 1975. It opened in 1937 and operated for 38 years.
Pictured: News Clip
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1975-07-05
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Pictured: News Clip
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1975-07-05
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1974 - Malicious acts at the Light House Cafe
Three arrested after rock-throwing inside and outside the Light House. The bar was subject to numerous hateful acts and ultimately closed due to a suspicious fire.
Pictured: News clip.
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1974-07-14
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Pictured: News clip.
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1974-07-14
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1973 - Robert Dow, gay rights pioneer
Lynn native Robert Dow is an early advocate for gay issues in New England and president of the Homophile Union of Boston, HUB. He lost his job at Lynn's J.J. Nissen Baking Corp after advocating for gay rights during a TV interview. As reported in the Gay Community News, Nissen's fired him because they were afraid that his political and civil rights activism might give them a bad name.
Pictured: Robert Dow
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: Gay Community News, page 3
Date: 1973-11-17
Pictured: Robert Dow
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: Gay Community News, page 3
Date: 1973-11-17
1973 - Shotgun blast inside bar
The Light House Cafe endures violence, threats, and harassment. In this article, three men steal drinks and later fire a shotgun at the front wall inside the bar. Bar patrons were startled by the assault.
Pictured: News article
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1973-06-14
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Pictured: News article
Location: The Light House Cafe, 776 Washington St., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1973-06-14
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1971 - Aquarius Lounge burns
Jim Zipper, a Lynn resident and activist reminisces in a 1983 interview, “There used to be a beautiful gay bar on the Lynnway named the Aquarius . . . and it was beautiful.” I mean, it was a place that burned down in the ocean. Beautiful, big. A place like some of the places up on Route 1. I mean, it was really beautiful. It was a palace, and they had gays and lesbians from all over, and it was wild.” It was a beautiful place. Only lasted about two years, and it burnt down.”The Aquarius Lounge operated 1969 to 1971. The fire was of suspicious origin.
Pictured: News article and photo
Location: Aquarius Lounge, 124 Lynnway, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 1
Date: 1971-04-24
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Pictured: News article and photo
Location: Aquarius Lounge, 124 Lynnway, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 1
Date: 1971-04-24
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