California Theater - San Francisco, CA
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ucdvicky
N 37° 47.445 W 122° 24.287
10S E 552406 N 4182765
Site of the California Theater
Waymark Code: WM37KX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2008
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"On this site on January 18, 1869, the California Theatre, built by William C. Ralston, opened with the following stock company: John McCullough, Lawrence Barrett, Harry Edwards, Willie Edouin, E. B. Holmes, William Mastayer, John T. Raymond, W. F. Burroughs, W. H. Sadley Smith, John Wilson, Edward J. Buckley, Mrs. Judah Emelie Melville, Elizabeth Saunders, Annette Ince, Marie E. Gordon, Sophie Edwin, Minnie Walton, and Julia Buckley. Among artists who played here were Charles W. Couldock, Edwin Adams, John Broughan, Edwin Booth, Barton Hill, Walter Montgomery, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Adelaide Neilson, and Lotta Crabtree. This theater remained a brilliant center of drama until August 11, 1888."http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21482
Marker Number: 86.00
Marker Name: California Theater
County: San Francisco
Has Official CA Plaque: no
Location:
430 Bush St between Kearny and Grant, San Francisco
Marker Dedication Date: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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