February 11, 1885: Sam and Cable gave a reading sponsored by the Union Library Association, at the First Congregational Church, Oberlin, Ohio. Reviews were mixed [Cardwell 58]. Clemens included: “Tragic Tale of the Fishwife,” “A Trying Situation,” “A Ghost Story,” and “Incorporated Company of Mean Men” [MTPO]. (Fears, "Mark Twain Day By Day).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_Church_of_Christ
Original Town Hall and Opera House burned down February 1934
197 S High St, Columbus OH
Became known as the Metropolitan Opera House
Opened: 1862
Closed: January 26, 1892
The November 30, 1874, Dispatch reported that the Metropolitan Opera House was the first building in Columbus with electric ignited, gas jet lighting. The Metropolitan Opera House, also called The Cotton Block and Comstock's Opera House was built in 1862 and burned 1/26/1892.
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/26352.html
February 9, 1885
Academy of Music: 215 E. Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN (between Clinton and Barr Streets). It is the small white-fronted building at left
Built as The Rink: 1870 (a roller skating venue)
Converted to a public hall: c. 1878-80
Later known as The People's Theatre, which name is on the sign in the above image made from a photograph in 1899.
See Good's Opera House
The Burtis-Kimball House Hotel and the Burtis Opera House were located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It has since been torn down and it was delisted from the NRHP in 2008. The theatre building has been significantly altered since a fire in the 1920s.
Also known as the Grand Opera House
HISTORICAL NOTE
Grand Opera House
113-117 North Wyman Street,
Rockford, IL
Incorporated: November 6, 1880
Opened: November 12, 1881
Seating: 1500
Closed (as an Opera House): 1917
Demolished: April, 1927
http://www.oscarwildeinamerica.org/lectures-1882/march/0302-rockford.html
January 30, 1885
611- 625 N. Milwaukee Street
PIONEER BUILDING (1864-65/1925-1926)
The cultural life of the city of Winona was supported by the establishment of the Winona Opera House and Philharmonic Hall. These buildings were the sites of many locally produced plays and theatrical performances. They were also used for performances by famous visiting artists, lecturers, and musicians who were brought to Winona by O. F. Burlingame, the astute Impresario of the Winona Opera House.
Located in the Syndicate Block, East side of Nicollet Between 5th Street and 6th Street, (Razed). The Syndicate Block was one of the most ambitious development projects of its day. It contained some five acres of office and retail space. Among the many tenants the Syndicate housed through its hundred-year history, there were two notable photography studios: the studio of Frederick E. Haynes, and the Sweet Studio. Both of these studios were located in suite 605.