Iroquois Theater (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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Iroquois Theater in 2002
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Iroquois Theater is a historic theater in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. [1] It hosted African American jazz performers in the early 20th century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.It is a two-story building with brickwork on the upper story. [2]

It opened in 1912. Various jazz performers took its stage. [3] Its National Register listing notes it as alongside alongside the Little Gem Saloon, the Karnofsky building, and Eagle Saloon. [3] It was in the "Back of Town" neighborhood. [4]

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Theater in 2002

The larger Lyric Theater succeeded it from 1919 to 1927. [5] It no longer exists. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/02001161.pdf
  2. ↑ "Iroquois Theater (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
  3. 1 2 "Iroquois Theater". New Orleans Music Map.
  4. ↑ Cripple, Joseph; Jarrett, Mindy; Chamberlain, Charles. "The Iroquois Theater". New Orleans Historical.
  5. ↑ "The Lyric Theatre".
  6. ↑ "Present Day Site of Lyric Theater".
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