City Opera House

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City Opera House
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.

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  • 1887


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References

  1. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-22, p. 4
  2. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 4.
  3. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-05-15, p. 5.
  5. ↑ Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-09-19, p. 1.
  6. ↑ Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-01, p. 3.
  7. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 5.
  8. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 6.
  9. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-12-22, p. 4.
  10. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-01-07 p. 0
  11. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14, p. 0
  12. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14, p. 0
  13. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-03-30.
  14. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-22.
  15. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-06-12.
  16. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-01-02, p. 2.
  17. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-03-31, p. 4.
  18. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-04-21, p. 6.
  19. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 3.
  20. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 6.

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