[1] It was originally used for the performance of zarzuelas and vaudevilles, as well as meetings of the Partido Autonomista.
[1] In 1899, it was renamed Eden Garden, before changing its name again a year later to Teatro José Martí.
In 1901, it held the Convención Constituyente which established the independent Republic of Cuba.
[2] The theater was abandoned in the 1970s before reopening on 24 February 2014 in the presence of Raúl Castro.
In 2016, the restored Teatro Martí appeared on Cuban postage stamps.