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4. CORINTHIAN HALL Corinthian Hall, on Exchange Place (later Corinthian Street) behind the Reynolds Arcade on Main Street. It was to be called the Athenaeum Building, but was renamed Corinthian Hall because of the columns in its interior. The second floor housed the library of the Mechanics (literary) Association. Designed by architect Henry Searle, it was built for William Reynolds in 1849. It became one of Rochester's most prestigious sites for concerts, balls, lectures, fairs, plays and parties. It was remodeled in 1879 and was then often called the Academy of Music. It was destroyed by fire in 1898 and rebuilt in 1904 as the Corinthian Theater. It closed in 1928 and was razed a year later. Corinthian Hall was the site of many famous speeches, including those by Frederick Douglass and William Seward. |
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