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Music Hall
Friday, February 17, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
Detroit Free Press, February 18th, 1882, 1
Music Hall
Facing Randolph Street between Croghan and Lafayette Streets, Detroit, MI
Built: 1880
Opened: August 31, 1880 (as Music Hall, later White's Grand Theatre)
Seating: 3000, the largest hall in the city at the time
Destroyed (fire): January 1, 1886
Source:
The History of Detroit and Michigan: Or, The Metropolis Illustrated, Silas Farmer, 1889
No record has been found of an overnight stay by Wilde in Detroit.
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