Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts
Developed after a study financed by the Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc. of the Ford Foundation, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Loretto-Hilton Center was held Feb. 2, 1964, and the facility was officially dedicated May 8, 1966. The late Conrad Nicholas Hilton contributed $1.5 million of the $1.9 million that the center cost. Inside there was a 952-seat main stage theatre and a 125-seat Studio Theatre. The Center is the official home for the Webster U. Conservatory of Theatre Arts, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
An addition to the Center was completed in 2002. That same year the main stage was named the Virginia Jackson Browning Theatre in honor of the contributions of Larry and Jinny Browning.
References
Additional documents, clippings, etc. about the Center are available in the Archives.