Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 176
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] OLD-TIME THEATRES making a tour of the United States, revisitingin his old… … On the Bloomingdale Road. it was the largest in the city, the grand cele-bration ball was held. Next year, when the [■6.J OLD-TIME THEATRES house became a regular play-house, it wascalled the Lafayette Theatre, but in fouryears it was burned and never rebuilt. When I came to Madison Square…
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