When the Glen Brothers Piano Company opened its new store in 1923, the third floor included a 200-seat recital space named Chickering Hall. The acoustics were described as “absolutely perfect.” In 1975 the building was remodeled into the Washington Fair, a mall with a dozen specialty shops. The stage on the third floor became the Laughing Gypsy Comedy Theatre and later the Famous Films Theatre.
Two hundred opera chairs are to be ordered for the Star Theater and sloping floor made, a fine new stage made and the building enlarged and greatly improved.
