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The Savannah Theatre
Wednesday, July 5, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
The Wilmington Morning Star, July 8, 1882, 1
Savannah Morning News, July 6, 1882
"The audience which filled the Theatre last evening was composed of the best class of our citizens."
The Savannah Theatre
Chippewah Square, Savannah, GA (now 222 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31401)
Built: 1818 (William Jay, architect)
Opened: December 4, 1818*
Seating capacity: 1000
History: several fires, various remodeling, and a hurricane, all resulting in the redesign of its interior and exterior appearances
Today: extant as an unrecognizable movie theatre
* The oldest theatre in America at which Wilde lectured.
Screven House in the 1880s
Screven House
1 East Congress Street, Savannah, GA
Opened: 1854 (Charles Sholl, architect)
Remodeled: 1857
Demolished: 1923
WILDE'S BLACK VALET
The Atlanta Constitution, July 6, 1882, 7
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