A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . Bank Street, 1868 ?^m Academy ok Music 1820-75] i: A THUS, KTC. 265 northeast cornci- of the southwest section of tlic Iulilii- Sciuarc, wherethe Forest City House long stood and tiie Cleveland Hotel now tii-st theater was built at the L-orner of Superior Street and UnionLane. Not long later came Italian Hall which occupied the uppertloor of a three-story liiick Ijuildinp; on the west siile of Water (WestNinth) Street, north of Superior. In 1840, J. W. Watson built Wat-sous Hall on the north s
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . Bank Street, 1868 ?^m Academy ok Music 1820-75] i: A THUS, KTC. 265 northeast cornci- of the southwest section of tlic Iulilii- Sciuarc, wherethe Forest City House long stood and tiie Cleveland Hotel now tii-st theater was built at the L-orner of Superior Street and UnionLane. Not long later came Italian Hall which occupied the uppertloor of a three-story liiick Ijuildinp; on the west siile of Water (WestNinth) Street, north of Superior. In 1840, J. W. Watson built Wat-sous Hall on the north side of Superior Street, between Bank (WestSixth) Street and the Public S(|uare. In 1845, Silas Hrainard boughtit and changed its name to ^lelodeon Hall. It was afterwards knownas Brainards Hall, Brainards Ojiera House, and the Globe City 1875 It was torn down in 1880: the Wilshire Building now (1918) occupiesits site. Early in the sixth decade of the century, the great showman,P. T. Barnum, opened a theater in the Kelley Block on SuperiorStreet, opposite the southern end of Baidv Street. It was later operatedon the varieties plan. In 1852, the Academy of Music was built onthe east side of Bank Street and soon leased to .John A. Ellsler, whomade it famous. It was burned in 1892. In 1875, Sir. Ellsler formeda stock company that built the Euclid Avenue Opera House whichwrecked his fortune. In 1878, the Opera House was sold to M. It was burned in 1884 but was promptly rebuilt on a granderscale and is today one of Clevelands choicest homes of the legitimatedrama. 266 CLEVELAND AND ITS ENVIRONS [Chap. XVII The Old City Hall In February, 1875, the city leased the newly built Case Bloek onthe northeast comer of Superior and Wood (East Third) streets forthe period of twenty-five years and at an annual rent
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