Staub's Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee

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Staub's Theatre

Lyric Theatre Building, Gay Street, Knoxville, TN , USA

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Built on this spot by Peter Staub, native of Switzerland, and opened October 1, 1872. In excellence and popularity it rivaled theatres of New Orleans and Richmond. Adolph Ochs, later publisher of the New York Times, was one of its first ushers.

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