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It was then remodeled and renamed the Richmond Theatre by theatre managers Thomas Wade West and John Bignall who operated it until the 1798 fire. [8] During their tenure, the theatre was host to the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788 [ 9 ] because the building had a capacity of 1600 people, more than the temporary Virginia Capitol building had.
The Richmond Theater fire was one of the greatest tragedies of its time, resulting in the death of dozens of people in 1811. Remembering the Richmond Theater fire 200 years later [Video] Skip to ...
Portrait of John Marshall by Cephas Thompson from c. 1809–1810. Marshall played an instrumental role in getting the second Richmond Theatre built. [9]The second Richmond Theatre was built on the same site as the first theatre, and was erected through the advocacy of John Marshall who was serving as Chief Justice of the United States at the time of the theatre's construction. [9]
The Burning of the Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of the 26th December 1811, Aquatinta: 13 3/4 x 17 in. (sight) Date: 26 December 1811: Source:
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1811 – Richmond Theatre fire, Richmond, Virginia. 72 dead. 1814 – The White House and United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. burned by the British. 1822 – Grue Church fire, Norway, 113–117 dead. 1823 – Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy.
Harwell, Richard Barksdale. "Civil War Theater: The Richmond Stage." Civil War History (1955) 1#3 pp: 295–304. online; Lankford, Nelson. Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital (2002). Thomas, Emory M. The Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital (LSU Press, 1998). Stout, Harry S., and Christopher Grasso.
Monumental Church was built between 1812 and 1814 to commemorate the 72 people who died on the site in the December 26, 1811, Richmond Theatre fire. The building consists of two parts: a crypt and a church. The crypt is located beneath the sanctuary and contains the remains of those who died in the fire.