Renaming Announcement
- When
- May 31, 1879
- Where
- Madison Square Garden site at East 26th Street and Madison Avenue
William Kissam Vanderbilt announced on May 31, 1879, that Gilmore's Garden would be renamed Madison Square Garden, per the supplied passage.
The passage records that after the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who owned the site, his grandson William Kissam Vanderbilt took back control and announced on May 31, 1879, that the arena was to be renamed "Madison Square Garden". A legacy row instead attributes the renaming to William Henry Vanderbilt; no supplied passage supports that attribution, so the actor remains contested. The passages do not state when Gilmore's lease ended or when the venue opened under the new name.
Sources
- Madison Square Garden (1879) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10
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