Cocoanut Grove Memorial Plaque

Set into the sidewalk at Piedmont Street, the plaque marks the site where a fire on November 28, 1942, claimed 492 lives. As one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history, the tragedy catalyzed major nationwide reforms alongside lasting advances in the treatment of severe burn victims in modern medicine. Today, the marker serves as a deeply moving encounter with a tragic piece of Boston's past.