1856; 1858

Manhattan: Broadway - Houston

Broadway, east side, between Houston and Bleecker Street's, showing the Olympic Theatre at No. 624. This structure was opened on November 18, 1856 and soon afterward re-christened Laura Keene's New Theatre. This name was attached to half a dozen theatres during the period from 1850 to 1870. She retired in 1863, and John Duff, who then became the manager, re-opened the house as Mrs. John Woods Olympic Theatre. After Mrs. Woods retirement in 1866 it had a checkered career and was demolished in 1880. Joseph Jefferson appeared here in the play "Our American Cousin" on its first performance on October 18, 1858. Betw. 1863-66 Gift of Urbrock Collection Photostat Neg. No 306

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection