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Type | Concert Hall |
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Industry | Recreation |
Fate | Dissolved |
Headquarters | Wooster, Ohio, United States |
Number of locations | 130 E Liberty St, Wooster, Ohio |
Products | Concert hall |
Building | |
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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
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Newspaper citations with no attached images
- December 1959: "Memories You Can't Erase: Repair Edict Recalls Wooster Opera House Era" by Barbara Gordon, Akron Beacon Journal, p. 123.
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)
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- Off the Record September 10, 1949 (← links)
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- Wooster City Hall (1887) (← links)
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- 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)
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