1874: The Cider Press Dogs at the Corner of Broadway and Houston » Olympic
The second Olympic Theatre (the first one at 422 Broadway burned down in 1854) was built in 1856 at 626 Broadway. The theater was originally named Laura Keene’s Varieties, in honor of American actress Laura Keene, who not only produced the record-setting musical extravaganza Seven Sisters (1860), but also was appearing in Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre the night President Lincoln was assassinated. The Olympic remained a popular venue for musical burlesques until it burned down in 1881. It was replaced by a brick and cast-iron store and loft building.
The second Olympic Theatre was built in 1856 at 626 Broadway.
