{"id":87072,"date":"2015-01-27T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T21:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=87072"},"modified":"2015-01-28T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:47:48","slug":"mag-closed-today-after-nearby-fire-87072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/mag-closed-today-after-nearby-fire-87072\/","title":{"rendered":"MAG closed today after nearby fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_87102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87102\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/carnegie-fire-twitter.jpg\" alt=\"twitter post show photo of building on fire with text that reads Please note tha Creative Workshop classes are cancelled this morning\" width=\"350\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the Memorial Art Gallery Twitter account, Tuesday, Jan. 27.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Memorial Art Gallery remains closed Wednesday,\u00a0Jan. 28, after a fire damaged a nearby building that was once part of the University\u2019s historic Prince Street Campus.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery\u2014including the Gallery Store and the Creative Workshop\u2014was closed Tuesday as firefighters responded early in the morning to the fire at 247 North Goodman Street.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery is expected to open as usual at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Museum workers are running air-scrubbing equipment to protect sensitive artwork from the potential effects of smoke and soot.<\/p>\n<p>The nearby building, once known as the Carnegie Building, opened as classroom and laboratory space for engineering at the University\u2019s Prince Street Campus in 1911.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"left\" \/><br \/>\nThe building was renovated in 1930 for the study of geology, psychology, and sociology, and in 1944 the upper floors were converted for dormitory use by the College for Women, according to Melissa Mead, the John M. and Barbara Keil University Archivist and Rochester Collections Librarian. The University sold the building in 1955, she says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87142\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/carnegie-fire-archives-interior.jpg\" alt=\"historic photo of students working with lab equipment in the Carnegie Building\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University classroom space in the Carnegie Building. <em>Photo from University Archives.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87092\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/carnegie-fire-archives-1955.jpg\" alt=\"historic photo of building\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnegie Building, 1955. <em>Photo from University Archives. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2015\/01\/27\/firefighters-battle-blaze-behind-memorial-art-gallery\/22389473\/\"> Democrat and Chronicle<\/a>, the building was home to a small architecture company and was under renovation at the time of the fire. 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