Newark Opera House

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Newark Opera House

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Newark Opera House, April 2010
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Location 95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°40′59″N75°44′59″W / 39.68306°N 75.74972°W / 39.68306; -75.74972 Coordinates: 39°40′59″N75°44′59″W / 39.68306°N 75.74972°W / 39.68306; -75.74972
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1885
Architectural style Second Empire
MPS Newark MRA
NRHP reference # 82002345 [1]
Added to NRHP May 7, 1982

Newark Opera House is a historic commercial building and opera house located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1885 and is a four-story rectangular building with six bays at the north front facade. The fourth story was added about 1900. It features a mansard roof covered with patterned slate shingles in the Second Empire style. Between about 1885 and 1925 it was the site of live theater and music, in addition to movies. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Newark Opera House". National Park Service and accompanying photos . Retrieved 2010-04-20.External link in |publisher= (help)