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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City Directories

Comprehensive History

Clean the Basement

  • Clean the Basement. [1]

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Timeline

Gallery

  • 1887


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1900s

  • Page 2 of Wooster Republican,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, June 17th, 1903.jpeg
  • Page 3 of Wayne County Democrat,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, October 5th, 1904.jpeg
  • Page 2 of Wayne County Democrat,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, November 2nd, 1904 (2).jpeg


1910s

1920s

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

  1. ↑ Wayne County Democrat, Wooster, Ohio. 1912 Feb. 7, p. 1.
  2. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-22, p. 4
  3. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-05-15, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-09-19, p. 1.
  7. ↑ Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-01, p. 3.
  8. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 5.
  9. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 6.
  10. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-12-22, p. 4.
  11. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-01-07 p. 0
  12. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14, p. 0
  13. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-14, p. 0
  14. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-03-30.
  15. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-22.
  16. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-06-12.
  17. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-01-02, p. 2.
  18. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-03-31, p. 4.
  19. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-04-21, p. 6.
  20. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 3.
  21. ↑ Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 6.

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