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Indiana
Academy Of Music
Wednesday, February 16, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, February 17, 1882
Academy of Music *
215 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN (between Clinton and Barr Streets)
Built: 1870, as The Rink: a roller skating venue
Converted to a public hall: c. 1878-80
Later known as: The People's Theatre, which name is on the sign in the image opposite
Demolished: 1901-02
* Previously published itineraries list the venue as "Old Academy"; however, it was never known officially by this name and the reference may have been a colloquialism.
Related:
The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana, by Bert Joseph Griswold, Mrs. Samuel R. Taylor. Robert O. Law Company (1917).
The Aveline House
SE corner of Calhoun and Berry Streets, Fort Wayne, IN
Built: 1863 (Francis Aveline); originally four-story
Destroyed (fire): May 3, 1908, 11 people died
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