Chase's Theater and Riggs Building, looking southeast, March 1978
This file appears in: Riggs Building (Albee Building): This site's Keith-Albee Theater became a notable vaudeville and motion picture house, prominent in the entertainment industry in DC.
Anne H. Helwig, NCPC
This file appears in: Riggs Building (Albee Building): This site's Keith-Albee Theater became a notable vaudeville and motion picture house, prominent in the entertainment industry in DC.
Riggs Building (Albee Building): This site's Keith-Albee Theater became a notable vaudeville and motion picture house, prominent in the entertainment industry in DC.
Erected in 1912, the Riggs or Albee Building and the adjoining theater were built on a site formerly occupied by the Riggs House, a large hotel demolished in 1911. Originally, the building was known…