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Globe Theatre (Boston, 1871)

1871 establishments in Massachusetts19th century in BostonBoston Theater DistrictBurned buildings and structures in the United StatesCultural history of Boston
Event venues established in 1871Former theatres in BostonTheatres completed in 1874
1873 ChesneyWold GlobeTheatre Boston USA March24
1873 ChesneyWold GlobeTheatre Boston USA March24

The Globe Theatre (est.1871) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. It was located at 598 Washington Street, near the corner of Essex Street. Arthur Cheney oversaw the Globe until 1876. From 1871-1873 it occupied the former theatre of John H. Selwyn. After a fire in May 1873, the Globe re-opened on the same site in December 1874. Architect Benjamin F. Dwight designed the new building. From 1877-1893 John Stetson served as proprietor; some regarded him as "a theatrical producer with a reputation for illiteracy in his day such as Samuel Goldwyn has achieved" in the 1960s. The theatre burned down in January 1894.Horatio J. Homer, Boston's first African-American police officer, worked as a janitor at the Globe Theatre before being hired by the Boston Police Department.

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