More Photos of St. James Hotel Fire in Cuba, NY
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Photos of the fire that ravaged the historic St. James Hotel in Cuba, NY early this morning can be viewed by clicking here.
Photos compliments and copyright © 2011 Dave Wagner.
Wow. this fire looks huge
Boy Cuba is having terrible fires this year. I went to St James bar 8-10 years back and it was a dive. Some locals loved it though. Bet it was quite a place back in it’s day, but it had suffered from age whn I went there.
St.James 1835-2011 oldest building in allegany county.Quite the historical place.every one that work there up to present is in the historical records of St.James in ct house.started out a very classy hotel with a stage coach out front and a blacksmith and stables out back.Fine dinning,dancing hall,elite stay,for the travelers.What a shame. Im proud to say im on the St.James RECORDS As one of the employs. In Cuba today, Ppl of all ages were sooo sad. We all felt like a good friend had left us. Mayb becuz all r life St.James was there.Mayb all the family treasured memories of ,dairy week,holloween,b-day parties with music were all family oriented and done by 9:00pm.Then it was adult time.which at times ud think they were kids lol….R.I.P OLD FRIEND DIng and Di Anna
I moved away from Cuba in 1972 when I joined the Navy. I remember buying beer in the bar as an 18 year old teenager and it looked scruffy back then too. I used to hang out at Echo Lanes, but I guess that burned a while back. The St. James was still a historical building and I am saddened to see it disappear into history and our memories. I was a volunteer firefighter/emergency medical technician in Port Orchard, Washington 30 years ago and I know how dangerous a job it is to stop a fire like this. Thank you to all the area firefighters for your hard work. You saved the town!