ANCO THEATER . Original name: Lew M. Fields Theater . 254 West 42nd Street. Architects: J. M. McElfatrick & Co. Opening: December 5, 1904; It Happened In Nordland .
The Lew M. Fields Theater was built by Oscar Hammerstein I as his eighth (and final) Broadway house. It was leased by producer Lew Fields (see Fields Family), who promptly named it in honor of himself. The theater was designed by Hammerstein, who invented for it the first...