The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago Ad 1871
The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago Ad 1871
George H Woodruff
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The last four had just been re-fitted and re-orna- mented, and opened for the regular fall season ; while Crosby's Opera House was to have been opened on Monday evening, October gth, the second night 7 6 INSTITUTIONS OF ART, SCIENCE, LITERATURE. of the fire, by the well-known Theo- dore Thomas' Orchestral Combination. During the winter of 1870, Mr. Crosby had hesitated for some time whether to continue in the amusement business, and had even employed his architect to draw plans for changing the... audito- rium into commercial offices. The per- suasion of friends, however, and the brilliant operatic and otherwise musical prospects for the season of 1871 -'72, induced him to abandon the idea of change. Early in the summer the house was closed and the work of adornment commenced. Eighty thou- sand dollars were expended in seating, upholstery, frescoing, painting, and gilding, in luxurious carpets, superb bronzes, and costly mirrors. It was finished on Saturday, October yth ; and when, on Sunday evening, October 8th only an hour or two before the fire commenced the house was lit up that its effect might be seen under gas- light, not one of the few who were present but pronounced it to be the most gorgeous auditorium in America.
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