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==Comprehensive History==
 
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The building was constructed by contracted D.C. Curry during late summer of 1876 and opened it's doors for the first performance on January 24, 1877. The architect was Mr. A. Amaden.
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The building was constructed by contractor D.C. Curry & Co. during late summer of 1876 and opened it's doors for the first performance on January 24, 1877. The architect was Mr. A. M. Amaden.<ref>Wooster Republican, 1877-JAN-25 p.3</ref>
  
 
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*  [http://wcpl.advantage-preservation.com/Viewer/?key=opera&pbd=01/01/1877-12/31/1877&fn=wooster_republican_usa_ohio_wooster_18770125_english_3&page=1&df=1&dt=10&tc=119&cnt=United%20States%20of%20America&sn=Ohio&cn=Wooster&pn=Wooster%20Republican All the World's a Stage. Grand Achievement of the Quinby Hall Association, Quinby Opera House Opens it Doors to an Admiring Public...]<ref>Wayne County Democrat, 1877-JAN-25 p.3</ref>
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*  [http://wcpl.advantage-preservation.com/Viewer/?key=opera&pbd=01/01/1877-12/31/1877&fn=wooster_republican_usa_ohio_wooster_18770125_english_3&page=1&df=1&dt=10&tc=119&cnt=United%20States%20of%20America&sn=Ohio&cn=Wooster&pn=Wooster%20Republican All the World's a Stage. Grand Achievement of the Quinby Hall Association, Quinby Opera House Opens it Doors to an Admiring Public...]<ref>Wooster Republican, 1877-JAN-25 p.3</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 12:01, 5 March 2017

The Quinby Opera House
Type Concert Hall
Industry Recreation
Fate Dissolved
Founded Wooster, Ohio (February 1, 1877 (1877-02-01))
Headquarters corner of N. Buckeye and Larwill Sts., Wooster, Ohio
Number of locations 1
Products Concert hall
Services Seating for 1,000 people

Comprehensive History

The building was constructed by contractor D.C. Curry & Co. during late summer of 1876 and opened it's doors for the first performance on January 24, 1877. The architect was Mr. A. M. Amaden.[1]

Historical documents

  • Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 6

Programs

  • Image of page 1 of a Quinby Opera House program that was used as packing paper inside the 1878 Wayne County Courthouse cornerstone box.

  • Image of page 2 of a Quinby Opera House program that was used as packing paper inside the 1878 Wayne County Courthouse cornerstone box.

Presentations

Timeline

  • 1877-JAN-24 Quinby Opera House Opens.
  • 1877 - February 1, first Shakespeare's comedy
  • 1900 - building torn down 1900 circa

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1917

1918

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    ad, [3].

  • ad, [4].

  • ad, [5].

1919

1920

Newspaper articles

References

  1. ↑ Wooster Republican, 1877-JAN-25 p.3
  2. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-06-12, p. 2
  3. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-20, p. 3
  4. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-19, p. 2
  5. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-19, p. 6
  6. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 3
  7. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-17, p. 3
  8. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-19, p. 4
  9. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-21, p. 2
  10. ↑ Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 4
  11. ↑ Wooster Republican, 1877-JAN-25 p.3

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