Kammala wannan jumla: Signora Antonietta Pisanelli ya bude gidan wasan kwaikwayo a 1907 ko 1909 a matsayin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Washington Square, wani gidan wasan kwaikwayo na vaudeville ko Italiyanci. An gina shi a kan shafin farko na Triniti Mai Tsarki Orthodox Cathedral, wanda aka kammala a 1888 amma ya hallaka a cikin
San Francisco girgizar kasa da wuta na 1906. Gidan wasan kwaikwayon zai iya ɗaukar mutane 1,000 don wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo. A cikin 1909, gidan wasan kwaikwayon ya shirya waƙar sadaka ga Emilio Rivola. Lokacin da "Sunny Jim" Rolph ya gudu don magajin garin San Francisco, an gudanar da tarurruka da dama don Rolph a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Washington Square a 1911.