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Site of Merchants Opera House |
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113 S. Beaton St., Corsicana,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 5' 36.78029999988",
-96° 27' 47.63543000004"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
At this site in 1891, a group of businessmen built a three-story structure to replace the small Corsicana Opera House above city hall. The Merchants Opera House had stores and offices on the first two floors and a balconied auditorium on the top story. Opulently decorated in the style of the day, the theater seated up to 1000. Plays, minstrel shows, and musical concerts, featuring well-known performers, entertained audiences here. The building was sold, but burned in 1914 before it could be converted into a motion picture theater as planned.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of Merchants Opera House Historical Marker Location Map, Corsicana, Texas
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