Campbell’s Minstrel Hall

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Alternate Title(s):
Campbell’s Minstrels New Hall

Comment:
A rehearsal was held at the hall on May 23, 1864.

AN: NYC 04/30/64 – “The new minstrel hall in the Bowery will soon be among the things that are. The old building is being torn down this week; carpenters, masons, laborers, are all busy, and the hum of preparation is heard on all sides.”
AN: NYC 05/14/64, p.38 – Description of new hall and progression of construction.
AN: NYH 06/13/64 – Long article, with very detailed description of Campbell’s New Minstrel Hall.AN: NYC 07/02/64, p. 94 –Long article with a description of the new venue, a list of the members of the company, and a full program for the first evening’s performance. Campbell’s Minstrel Hall was “erected on the site of Hoym’s Dutch Theatre, Nos. 199 and 201 Bowery, opposite Spring street. The lot of ground is two hundred and nine feet deep, by fifty front, on the Bowery, and forty feet back, is one hundred and three feet wide. The Hall is circular in form, and has a parquet and dress circle, and four private boxes. The dress circle will seat 300 persons and the parquet 700, in all 1000 persons, with standing room and room for camp stools for at least 300 more."

Opening Date:
27 1864

Capacity:
1,300

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Last Updated:
20 November 2010