 The building was constructed as a farm silo in 1817, and also served as a tobacco warehouse and box factory before Edna St. Vincent Millay and other members of the Provincetown Players converted the structure into a theater they christened the Cherry Lane Playhouse.It opened in 1924 with the theatrical presentation "Saturday Night", by Richard Fresnell.This was followed by the plays "The Man Who Ate Popmack", by W. J. Turner, directed by Reginald Travers, on March 24, 1924; and "The Way of the World" by William Congreve, produced by the Cherry Lane Players Inc., opening November 17, 1924.