National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

found: NUCMC data from the Historical Society of Washington D.C. for the Washington D.C. Theater Collection, 1816-1945.

found: Goode, J.M. Capital losses, 1979:p. 353 (six theaters have occupied the site of National Theater at 1321 E St. NW.)

found: King, J.P. MS447, Washington D.C. Theater Collection, Historical Society of Washington D.C. Special Collections Register, Xeroxed copy, May 1999:p. 2 (National Theatre first opened in 1835, burned down and was rebuilt as National Hall in 1850. It was again destroyed by fire in 1857 and replaced by King's Amphitheatre which was razed the following year. Grover's National Theater opened at the same location and remained until 1873 when another fire destroyed it. Rebuilt as the National Theatre, it burned in 1885. It was rebuilt as the New National Theatre which was also destroyed. It was rebuilt as the National Theatre in 1922, which is now the current structure.)