Germania Theatre
Eighth Street (Broadway & 4th Ave), New York, NY
Built
1879
Closed
1902
Demolished
1903
ABOUT THIS THEATRE
Aberle's Theatre
Description
Originally the Church of St. Ann, which had been abandoned by the time Jacob Aberle converted it to a variety theatre in 1879. After Aberle left, other companies took over (several of them German-language groups) and it became known as the Germania in the 1890s. It was a booking house when it closed in 1902. It was razed the next year.