final performance was on 5 January 1905. In 1905 the building was demolished to make room for blocks of flats and offices at 170–173 Piccadilly. Muirhead Bone captured its demise in his work The Dissolution of Egyptian Hall. The Maskelynes relocated to the St. George's Hall in Langham Place, which became known as Maskelyne's Theatre. Hotten documents the name in 1859 used as rhyming slang for a ball. Franklyn comments in 1960 "The term was demolished with the building." See also Egyptian Revival architecture in the British Isles Egyptian revival decorative arts List of demolished buildings and structures in London References External links History and internal and external images History of the Egyptian Hall Infrastructure completed in 1812 Egyptian Revival architecture in the United Kingdom Former buildings and structures in the City of Westminster Museums established in 1812 Defunct museums in London 1812 establishments in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1905 Demolished buildings and structures in London