Grove Street Playhouse

39 Grove Street | West Village | built 1831

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1831
A house is built for Albert Whittemore at 39 Grove Street
The 1969 Greenwich Village designation report states that the house at 39 Grove Street was built between 1829 and 1831 for Albert Whittemore. Its Neo-Grec cornice comes from a remodeling in the 1870s. Architect Robert Gottlieb remodeled it again in 1926 with a stucco front inset with colored tiles.
Source: media.villagepreservation.org
1968
The Courtyard Players convert the ground floor into a theater
The Courtyard Players first used the former Italian tile factory at 39 Grove Street as a theater in 1968. Small companies had already settled there, with the Village Arts Company arriving in 1953 and the Opposite Theater Company in 1958.
Source: Wikipedia
1974
A children's theater company moves into the Grove Street space
The Little People's Theater Company moved from West 45th Street into the 74-seat ground-floor playhouse at 39 Grove Street in 1974. It became the oldest children's theater company in New York City, and the venue was later known as the Courtyard Playhouse when Robert Stark owned it.
Source: Wikipedia
1995
Marilyn Majeski establishes the Grove Street Playhouse
In 1995 Marilyn Majeski became artistic director of the ground-floor theater, which took the name Grove Street Playhouse. City violations over zoning were cleared by 1999 after she showed that theater use had been continuous since before a 1962 zoning change. The playhouse closed in 2002 because of problems renewing its lease.
Source: Wikipedia

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