World Architecture Images- Chicago- Thalia Hall

	Essential Architecture- Chicago Northwest Thalia Hall
architect	Frederick E. Faber and William F. Pagels
location	1215-25 W. 18th St.
date	1892
style	Queen Anne
construction	Brick
type	Theatre


Built as a hall for meetings and for musical and theatrical productions, this building was named for Thalia, the Greek muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. Typical of such halls, this design incorporated retail and residential facilities, which helped to support the theater financially. Unique among buildings of this type is its interior theater, which was modeled after that of the Old Opera House in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where many of the residents of the surrounding Pilsen neighborhood had emigrated from.
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