Map of the Chatham Garden Theatre in 1826
Description
The accession consists of a 16x10 inch colored map titled "Map of the Chatham Garden and Theatre, NY, March 1826." Chatham Theatre, also known as Chatham Garden Theatre, was in lower Manhattan between Augustus and Chatham Streets. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes writes in his book, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, that on March 6, 1824 "A new brick, fireproof building, a capacity for fifteen hundred auditors, has been erected in Chatham Garden, for theatrical representations, and will be opened about the first of May." The name of the theatre was changed to the American Opera House in 1829 and then to Blanchard's Amphitheater in 1830. Later it was converted into the Second Free Presbyterian Church in 1832 and became known as the Chatham Street Chapel. The building was demolished circa 1830s. The map is encapsulated.
Extent
0.1 cubic feet (1 map)
Dates
1826
Record Groups
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Source
- Queens Borough Public Library (Organization)
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