Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 175
X^-^t Barnums Museum. Canal Street to go to West Broadway.There, close by the corner, on the west sideof the way, I stood before St. Alphonsuss OLD-TIME THEATRES Church, and wondered how many of thosewho passed every day knew that the finesttheatre in the America of its day had once … Plan of the First Park Theatre, 1796. stood there, with a stage larger than any inEngland or America at that time. Built in1826 by General C. W. Sanford, on whatwas Laurens Street, it was at first called theLafayette Amphitheatre, a name given inhonor of General Lafayette, who was then [160]…
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