The Definitive Resource Of Oscar Wilde's Visits To America

VERIFICATION

Newspaper reports

The Fredericton Evening Capital, October 5, 1882, 2 (left)

The Fredericton Evening Capital, October 5, 1882, 3 (below)



Indication

The Boston Globe, October 1, 1882, 3

Venue

City Hall

Phoenix Square and Queen Street East, Fredericton, NB


Built: 1875-76 (H. B. Crosby and O. M. Campbell)

Architects: McKean and Fairweather

Lecture Hall: City Hall auditorium on the upper story known as the Opera House

Seating: c. 800

Extended: 1975

Building extant: at 397 Queen Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 1B5


Related:
History of Fredericton : the last 200 years, Squires, W. Austin (William Austin), 1905-1978


Accommodation

Barker House

Queen Street East (nr. the corner of Regent Street), Fredericton, NB


Incorporated: 1847 (Fredericton Hotel Company)

Opened: May 18, 1853
Suites: 67
Destroyed (fire): May 26, 1939


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