Nova Scotia
Academy of Music
Monday, October 9, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
Halifax Morning Chronicle, October 10, 1882, 3
[Original unseen as noted by Kevin O’Brien in Oscar Wilde in Canada: An Apostle for the Arts, 1982, p. 131 (note p. 189).]
Report entitled: “Oscar Wilde’s Lecture Last Night”.
Indication
Ottawa daily Citizen, October 9, 1882, 1
Academy of Music
Barrington Street, at Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS
Built: 1876
Opened: 1877
Seating: 1500
Renamed: 1918 (The Majestic)
Demolished: 1929
Replaced by: Capitol Theatre (1930)
Waverley Hotel
Pleasant Street, Halifax, NS (now 1266 Barrington St, Halifax, NS B3J 1Y5
Built: c. 1800, as a private residence
Converted: 1876 as Waverley House
Extant: as Waverley Inn
Grip, October 21, 1882, Vol. XIX No. 22, p. 2
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