Olympic Theatre [Philadelphia, US]
Olympic Theatre
Built 1809 by William Strickland as The Olympic. Various renovations. 1054 seats. The building contains a main theatre hall and two studio theatres. Used by the Walnut Street Theatre Company.
Burnt at 3 a.m. Apparently an act of incendiarism. An adjoining house was also destroyed. Two firemen were killed and six injured through the falling in of the walls.