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Thalian Hall is a historic city hall and theatre located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina.It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick building with a combination of restrained Classical Revival and flamboyant Late Victorian design elements.
A horse-drawn cart passes by City Hall/Thalian Hall on Third Street around 1900. Now that Wilmington city offices are leaving the building, officials are exploring several options to use the extra ...
On December 27, 1855, the first cornerstone was laid, and construction began on a new city hall. A grant from the Thalian Association funded the attached opera house, named Thalian Hall. In 1857, the city opened its first public school, named the Union Free School, on 6th Street between Nun and Church Streets, serving White students. [45]
Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware.The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River.
After a nationwide search that took over a year, Thalian Hall finds its new director right here in Wilmington. Calling it 'a homecoming,' historic Wilmington venue Thalian Hall hires new director ...
In pre-screening remarks, Thalian Hall director Shane Fernando said it was "a special night for our city." The premiere's unlikely celebrity guest was Dee Snider, best known as the flamboyant ...
The district developed after Wilmington was laid out in 1737, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed City Hall/Thalian Hall and Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse. Other notable buildings include: Smith-Anderson House (c. 1745) [2]
In addition, the city of Wilmington recently announced that it would take bids for the demolition of a former city office building, parts of which date to 1959 and which originally operated as a ...