Newark Opera House

Newark Opera House

Newark Opera House, April 2010
Location 95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°40′59″N 75°44′59″W / 39.68306°N 75.74972°W / 39.68306; -75.74972Coordinates: 39°40′59″N 75°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]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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" (PDF). National Park Service and accompanying photos. Retrieved 2010-04-20. External link in |publisher= (help)


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