The story
America's first theater building hosted the father of Lincoln's assassin, who once attacked a colleague with a fireplace poker during a stay here.
Everything that was here
- 1736–present
Dock Street Theatre / Planter's HotelTheater
America's first theater building hosted the father of Lincoln's assassin, who once attacked a colleague with a fireplace poker during a stay here.
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Nearby history
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