TOMBSTONE'S SCHIEFFELIN HALL

       

Built by Al Schieffelin, Ed Schieffelin´s brother,  in 1881, Schieffelin Hall was the largest adobe building in the Southwest.  Schieffelin Hall was a place where the peaceful folks of Tombstone, such as doctors, lawyers, bankers, businessmen and their families, could go to see plays, concerts, recitals, and lectures.  Acts from the Bird Cage would extend their stay one night to play at the Schieffelin Hall so the  proper people of town could see the shows.  Play companies from New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Denver entertained the patrons of Schieffelin Hall.  Entertainment ranged from humor, dramatic to tragedy.

The Hall was also used for dances, banquets, children´s parties, political rallies and club meetings.  It was Tombstone´s social center.

On March 18, 1882 Wyatt Earp and his brother Morgan went to the performance of "Stolen Kisses".  After the show, Morgan was shot to death in an Allen Street pool hall as revenge for the gunfight that took place at the OK Corral.

As with many places in the Tombstone area, the Southwest Ghost Hunters Association investigated the Schieffelin Hall for invisible occupants.



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