Oscar Wilde In America

A Selected Resource Of Oscar Wilde's Visits To America

Bloomington

Illinois

Durley Hall

Friday, March 10, 1882

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Verification

Newspaper report

The Pantagraph, (Bloomington), March 11, 1882, p.4

Venue

Durley Hall

NE corner of Main and Jefferson Streets, Bloomington, IL

Built: 1872 (Alfred E. Piquenard, architect)

Opened: December 12, 1872

Destroyed (fire): June 19, 1900

Related:

The Bloomington Fire of 1900

Accommodation

Ashley House

NW corner of Center and Jefferson Streets on the Courthouse Square, Bloomington, IL

Built: 1857—1862

Wilde’s room: No. 9

Later known as: The Windsor (latter 1880s)

Destroyed (fire): June 19, 1900, the Great Bloomington Fire

Replaced by: Illinois House

News items

WILDE DONATES LANGTRY'S AUTOGRAPH

COUNCILLORS LEAVE TO HEAR OSCAR

The Pantagraph (Bloomington), March 13, 1882, p.4

The Pantagraph (Bloomington), March 11, 1882, p.3

See letter below in which Wilde confirms that his mail had just arrived.

Complete Letters

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