Original Academy of Music Building

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Original Academy of Music Building
The place on Bank (W. 6th) Street where the Academy of Music building once stood is now a parking lot. President Abraham Lincoln had stayed in a home on this street during a visit to Cleveland in 1861. The president would have seen the building where his assassin performed. To add to the irony, the same theater in which Confederate supporter John Wilkes Booth acted helped to raise money for the Soldiers' Aid Society in 1862. The funds went to support soldiers fighting for the Union cause.

Image Courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
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