Columbus’ First Theater / Early Theaters

Columbus staged plays from its earliest days, in a log theater by 1828. A string of primitive stages came and went until Francis Springer opened his grand opera house in 1871, soon called the finest between New York and New Orleans.

Columbus’ First Theater / Early Theaters is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 2002. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4616, -84.9930 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Joseph House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lummus Cotton Gins, The Columbus Guards, and Loeb, Sol, Building--Garrett--Joy Building.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.