Modern Federal · Theaters

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Maine Ave., near 6th St., SW, Washington, D.C.

Washington (d.c.) · 1850–1939

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Maine Ave., near 6th St., SW, Washington, D.C., Washington (d.c.), 1850–1939
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Maine Ave., near 6th St., SW, Washington, D.C., Washington (d.c.), 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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