Ford's Theatre Architecture - Modular

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I found a great little pamphlet done by the government that is very detailed about the structural restoration and even lists the plays performed with the actors.

If you ask me, while Lincoln's acceptance of Ford's invitation may have seemed last minute, that may only have a formality, in case some emergency prevented his attendance. They had not only written a song for the occasion to be performed by the whole troupe(practice, practice, practice?), but Laura Keene's very own Chickering Box Grand Piano was brought in for the performance that night. It definitely was not a regular performance...but one that certainly would draw the President out if any would.

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Oh, I forgot, not only could the architectural plans not be found (are there some in the cornerstone?), but they did not have any sources for the cast iron columns. Gifford did the original and at least one rebuild. After he was no longer available an architect from NY, did a later restoration, Richard Dunbar.

I really wish I could find the foundry where the original columns were fabricated.