Site of the First Theatre
William Levingston, merchant of New Kent County, built the first theatre in English America on this site c. 1716. For three decades companies of actors entertained audiences at the "Play House" with latest successes from the London Stage. In 1745 the City of Williamsburg converted the frame structure into a municipal hall. The building was razed c. 1770 after construction of the Courthouse on Market Square.
Marker is on Palace Green Street north of West Nicholson Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
