Editing Tammany Hall (section)

===14th Street headquarters===
By the 1860s, Tammany under Tweed had much greater influence – and affluence, so new headquarters was deemed desirable. The cornerstone for the new Tammany headquarters was laid on July 14, 1867, at 141 [[14th Street (Manhattan)|East 14th Street]] between [[Third Avenue (Manhattan)|Third Avenue]] and [[Fourth Avenue (Manhattan)|Fourth Avenue]] (the building at Nassau and Frankfort was sold to [[Charles Anderson Dana|Charles Dana]] and his friends, who bought a newspaper, ''[[The Sun (New York City)|The Sun]]'', and moved it there).<ref>{{Cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Frank Michael|url=https://archive.org/details/storysunnewyork00obrgoog/page/n261|title=The Story of the Sun: New York, 1833–1918|date=1916|place=New York|publisher= George H. Doran company|page=229}}</ref>

When the leaders of the Society found that they had not raised enough funds, and needed $25,000 more, a meeting was held at which $175,000 was immediately pledged.<ref name=allen99>Allen, pp. 99–100</ref> The new Wigwam was completed in 1868. It was not just a political clubhouse:

<blockquote>Tammany Hall merged politics and entertainment, already stylistically similar, in its new headquarters. ... The Tammany Society kept only one room for itself, renting the rest to entertainment impresarios: Don Bryant's Minstrels, a German theater company, classical concerts and opera. The basement – in the French mode – offered the Café Ausant, where one could see [[Tableau vivant|tableaux vivant]], gymnastic exhibitions, pantomimes, and [[Punch and Judy]] shows. There was also a bar, a bazaar, a Ladies' Cafe, and an [[oyster saloon]]. All this – with the exception of Bryant's – was open from seven till midnight for a combination price of fifty cents.<ref>Burrows & Wallace p. 995</ref></blockquote>

The building had an auditorium big enough to hold public meetings, and a smaller one that became [[Olympic Theatre, New York|Tony Pastor's Music Hall]], where [[vaudeville]] had its beginnings.<ref>Wurman, Richard Saul. ''Access New York City''. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. {{ISBN|0062772740}}</ref> The structure was topped off by a large-than-life statue of Saint Tammany.<ref name=allen99 />