- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Columbus' First Theater historical marker
- Creator:
- Hooks, Byron
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Muscogee County
Theaters--Georgia--Columbus - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 828 Broadway, Columbus
Text of marker: "COLUMBUS' FIRST THEATER. A pioneer theatrical entrepreneur, Sol Smith, 1801-1869, built many theaters in the Deep South, including New Orleans and Mobile and the first permanent theater west of the Mississippi in St. Louis, a city that he and partner Noah Ludlow dominated. Smith came to Columbus in 1831 to a primitive log structure in the 800 block of Broadway, which builder Asa Bates had completed in one week. "Pizzaro" was his company's first production there. Later, Smith toured Georgia's theater circuit accompanied by friend Mirabeau B. Lamar, founding editor of the Columbus Enquirer and later second president of the Republic of Texas. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND HISTORIC COLUMBUS FOUNDATION, INC. 2002" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_columbus-first-theater
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_columbus-first-theater
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
