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It was built on the same site as the first Richmond Theatre at what is now the intersection of 12th and Broad just north of Capitol Square. [3] There was an orchestra section, a first balcony, and an upper balcony, with narrow doorways. [11] It opened on January 25, 1806, and it is this theatre that was destroyed in the fire on December 26 ...
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:
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 ...
The Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital (LSU Press, 1998). Titus, Katherine R. "The Richmond Bread Riot of 1863: Class, Race, and Gender in the Urban Confederacy" The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era 2#6 (2011) pp. 86–146 online; Wright, Mike. City Under Siege: Richmond in the Civil War (Rowman ...
Crowds gathered Wednesday night near L.A. Live to celebrate, at times setting off fireworks. The Los Angeles Police Department issued a dispersal order, but it took several hours to clear the streets.
A migrant from Guatemala has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the ...
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.