NEW VICTORY THEATRE. 207 W. 42nd Street. Architect: J. B. McElfatrick & Co. Original name: Theatre Republic . Opening: September 27, 1900; Sag Harbor .
After building the Victoria Theater (see Gaiety Theater) on the corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue, Oscar Hammerstein I built the Theatre Republic next door on 42nd Street. The Republic thus became the first theater built on 42nd Street. The Republic and Victoria share the same roof, and on it Hammerstein...