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# Did You Know? Prospect Hall Burned Down in 1900
- URL: https://bklyner.com/did-you-know-prospect-hall-burned-down-in-1900-southslope/
- Published: 2013-01-08T20:57:44.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-08T20:57:44.000Z
- Author: Christine Bush
- Tags: 1900, alice halkias, john kolle, michael halkias, #API-Imported

![Prospect Hall Ruins](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Prospect-Hall-Ruins-533x430.png)

You’ve seen the [commercials](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC6AzmXrNbU&ref=bklyner.com), “We make your dreams come true. [The Grand Prospect Hall](http://www.grandprospect.com/?ref=bklyner.com).” Did you know, though, that the hall standing today is not the original?

The original Prospect Hall, built in 1892 by John Kolle, was [destroyed by fire](http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1900/12/11/1/Ar00101.xml&CollName=BEG%5FAPA3%5F1900-1905&DOCID=215062&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%55%44%52%32&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%53%63%6f%72%65%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%50%72%6f%73%70%65%63%74%20%48%61%6c%6c%20%46%69%72%65&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%38%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&rEntityType=&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&ref=bklyner.com) on December 11, 1900.

![Prospect Hall Fire1](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Prospect-Hall-Fire1.png)

![Prospect Hall2](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Prospect-Hall2.png)

Read the full account by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle [here](http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle&ref=bklyner.com).

Despite the enormity of the damage, Kolle was insistent on rebuilding, and set out to make the New Prospect Hall even better than the last. After a great deal of grumbling between architects and building commissioners (some things never change), the new plans were finally [approved](http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1901/07/13/5/Ar00522.xml&CollName=BEG%5FAPA3%5F1900-1905&DOCID=357451&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%55%44%52%32&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%53%63%6f%72%65%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%4e%65%77%20%50%72%6f%73%70%65%63%74%20%48%61%6c%6c&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%38%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&rEntityType=&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T&ref=bklyner.com) on July 13, 1901.

![Prospect Hall Approved](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Prospect-Hall-Approved.png)

Today, the hall is owned by Michael and Alice Halkias, who renovated the building in 1983\. It stands at 263 Prospect Avenue, as a towering reminder of the opulence, and romance of days gone by.