Chatham Row and Park Theatre

Street view in Chatham Row (Park Row). Park Theatre, the steeple of the old Brick Church (on Beekman Street) and other historic buildings are on the right. City Hall Park, on the left. Drawn by C. Burton and engraved by William D. Smith for the New York Mirror 1830. Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

This is the old Road to Boston, from present-day intersection with Broadway, at Ann Street. It was officially named Chatham Street in 1774. In the early 19th century it was sometimes called Chatham Row, Park Row and later Newspaper Row. It became officially Park Row in 1886.

Park Theatre was a playhouse located at 21–25 Park Row. Its cornerstone was laid on May 5, 1795 and it opened in 1798. The theatre was destroyed by fire in 1848.