Memorial Amphitheater was designed by Thomas Hastings to be the center of a biaxial grouping of landscape features and monuments that included the USS Maine Mast Memorial in the west, the Spanish-American War Memorial to the south, and a formal Italianate garden to the east [REF].
As constructed, Memorial Amphitheater consisted of an elliptical outdoor amphitheater that sat 4,000 [REF].