Nixon's Cremorne Gardens was a pleasure garden and music hall in New York City, New York, located on Fourteenth Street, featuring a Palace of Music, an equestrian school, and a hall of floral.
History American circus proprietor James M. Nixon opened New York City's Cremorne Gardens on June 9, 1862.Broadway Below the Sidewalk: Concert Saloons of Old New York. (1994). United States: Borgo Press. It was located at the corner of Fourteenth Street and Sixth Avenue.The New York Times. (July 11, 1862). Cremorne Gardens, mr. Jas. M. Nixon, of... The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1862/07/11/archives/cremorne-gardens-mr-jas-m-nixon-of.html Nixon took a lease on Palace Gardens and converted it into a larger property that resembled Cremorne Gardens in London.Slout, W. L. (1998). Olympians of the Sawdust Circle: A Biographical Dictionary of the Nineteenth Century American Circus. United States: Borgo Press.Pleasure Gardens. (1998). United States: Theatre Library Association. Three new features were developed on the property: an equestrian performance area, a floral hall displaying trees, flowers, and shrubbery, and a music hall dubbed the Palace of Music.Thayer, S., Slout, W. L. (2009). Grand Entree: The Birth of the Greatest Show on Earth, 1870-1875. United States: Borgo Press. The admission fee was 25 cents for each visitor.New York Weekly Review. (1862). United States: (n.p.). The first show at the music hall took place on September 1, 1862. The season at the Cremorne failed to meet expectations set by extensive advertising, as high refreshment costs and poor weather impacted attendance. The initial crowd of nearly 3,000 dwindled after the first week, and efforts were not renewed for another year.Slout, W. L. (2012). From Rags to Ricketts and Other Essays on Circus History. United States: Wildside Press LLC.
See also Cremorne Gardens, London
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