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| + | Featured guests: President Warren G. Harding; Senator, Simeon Fess, and Senator Frank Willis. | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
* {{Address | number=130 | street=E. Liberty St. | city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=true | township=Wooster }} | * {{Address | number=130 | street=E. Liberty St. | city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=true | township=Wooster }} | ||
Revision as of 14:52, 28 February 2020
| Type | Concert Hall |
|---|---|
| Industry | Recreation |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Wooster, Ohio, United States |
| Number of locations | 130 E Liberty St, Wooster, Ohio |
| Products | Concert hall |
| Building | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | City Fathers approved dual role: Headquarters for City Hall and as an Entertainment Center. Rear of building was the Fire Department |
| Town or city | Wooster, Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Construction started | Voters approved bond issues totally $60,000 |
| Completed | 1887 |
| Relocated | Sept. 1949 - General repairs $49,000 - Opera House portion was converted to use as Municipal Courtrooms |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | Sloping floor helped bring the audience closer. Acoustics was said to hear whispers on the stage at each of the corners of the hall. |
Featured guests: President Warren G. Harding; Senator, Simeon Fess, and Senator Frank Willis.
Locations
- 130 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
City Directories
Comprehensive History
Slogans
Historical documents
Timeline
Gallery
1887
Business Letterheads
Business Photos
Newspaper articles
Newspaper full-text articles
Newspaper ads
1917
1918
1919
1920
ad, [20].
Newspaper citations with no attached images
References
- ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-22, p. 4
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 4.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 4.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-05-15, p. 5.
- ↑ Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-09-19, p. 1.
- ↑ Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-01, p. 3.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 5.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 6.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-12-22, p. 4.
- ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-01-07 p. 0
- ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14, p. 0
- ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14, p. 0
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-03-30.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-22.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-06-12.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-01-02, p. 2.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-03-31, p. 4.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-04-21, p. 6.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 3.
- ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 6.
What Links Here
- Wooster City Hall (← links)
- File:Operahouse19200123.png (← links)
- File:OperaHouse19200117p3.png (← links)
- File:OperaHouse19200119p4.png (← links)
- File:OperaHouse19200121p2.png (← links)
- File:Opera House WR19170612p2.png (← links)
- File:Opera House WR19180419p2.png (← links)
- File:Opera House WR19180419p6.png (← links)
- File:Opera House WR19191124p3.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19170322p4.png (← links)
- File:Patriotic Celebration Ad Jan71918.JPG (← links)
- File:City Opera House Ad Feb141918.PNG (← links)
- File:City Opera House Girl Heart Ad Feb141918.PNG (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19190421p6.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19190331p4.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19190102p2.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19191124p3.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19180330.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19180612.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19180422.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19200102p6.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19170515p5.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WDN19171001p3.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19170214p4 1.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19171031p6.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19170214p4.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WDN19170919p1.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19171222p4.png (← links)
- File:City Opera House WR19171031p5 1.png (← links)
- File:Lyric Theatre WR19171031p5 1.png (← links)
- Off the Record September 10, 1949 (← links)
- File:SchineWayneTheater-1974-DRStory.jpg (← links)
- Wooster City Hall (1887) (← links)
- File:Opera House and City Hall.jpg (← links)
- File:1896 8 19 Page 5 of Wooster Republican.jpeg (← links)
- File:CityHall-OperaHouse-SanbornMaps1988.PNG (← links)
- File:CityHall-OperaHouse-SanbornMaps1898.PNG (← links)
- File:CityHall-OperaHouse-SanbornMaps1905.PNG (← links)
- File:FireDepartment-SanbornMaps1911.PNG (← links)
- File:WoosterFireDept-SanbornMaps1930.PNG (← links)
- File:FireDepartmentSanbornMaps1930-1945.PNG (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WR19170322p4 - Wooster Republican March 22 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WR19170214p4 1 - Wooster Weekly Republican February 14 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WR19170515p5 - Wooster Republican May 15 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WDN19171001p3 - Wooster Daily News October 1 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WR19171031p5 1 - Wooster Republican October 31 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WR19171031p6 - Wooster Republican October 31 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House WR19171222p4 - Wooster Republican December 22 1917 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:Patriotic Celebration Ad Jan71918 - Wooster Republican January 7 1918 (← links)
- Newspaper ad:City Opera House Ad Feb141918 - Wooster Republican February 14 1918 (← links)
External Links
Categories:
- 130 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio
- Businesses in Wooster, Ohio
- Businesses in the Recreation industry
- City Opera House
- Concert Hall
- Concert Hall (defunct)
- Concert Hall in Wooster, Ohio
- Concert Hall in Wooster, Ohio (defunct)
- Defunct businesses in Wooster, Ohio
- Defunct businesses in the Recreation industry
- Historic Downtown Wooster
- Recreation businesses in Wooster, Ohio
- Recreation businesses in Wooster, Ohio (defunct)