Old buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants . Former Residence of theLate William C. Schermerhorn 115. Church of the Transfiguration XT is difficult to realize the position held fortyyears ago by the old Wallacks Theater atBroadway and Thirteenth Street. It was in away a -city institution. The company remained nearlythe same for years, with occasional changes, and itsmembers were, one and all, accomplished in their pro-fession. The receipts of the theater were as regular asthose of a bank. The elder Wallack, a well-bred Englishman, was afinished actor o
Old buildings of New York City, with some notes regarding their origin and occupants . Former Residence of theLate William C. Schermerhorn 115. Church of the Transfiguration XT is difficult to realize the position held fortyyears ago by the old Wallacks Theater atBroadway and Thirteenth Street. It was in away a -city institution. The company remained nearlythe same for years, with occasional changes, and itsmembers were, one and all, accomplished in their pro-fession. The receipts of the theater were as regular asthose of a bank. The elder Wallack, a well-bred Englishman, was afinished actor of the old school. His son, Lester Wal-lack, was an extraordinarily handsome man of the ro-mantic type, well suited for the more sentimental dramaof the day, although his wealth of curly black hair andwhiskers would violate our modern canons of taste, ^yhis fathers desire when a 3oung man he became an offi-cer in the British army, but after serving two yearsresigned and adopted the profession of the stage. Hiswife was a sister of JNIillais, the* artist. George Holland was a short, thickset man with arather large head, w^ho w^as seldom cas
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