Academy of Music, Fort Wayne, IN

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.  

Burtis Opera House, Davenport, IA

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.

Philharmonic Hall, Winona, MN

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.

Grand Opera House, Minneapolis, MN

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.

Market Hall, St. Paul, MN

Scott, a citation in the Saint Paul History and Area Business Index describes Market Hall as being on 7th Street West, at the northeast corner of Saint Peter Street. The index also shows several articles about the Market Hall, at least one of which containing an illustration. However, the articles themselves are on microfilm, so any further investigation would require a $15 service fee as explained in the attached document regarding the library's policy on service and delivery fees. 

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Madison, WI

The (Madison) Wisconsin State Journal 1885: January 27 noted that the venue was the M.E. Church and the other reviews referred to it as the Methodist Church. Checking the city directory for 1884 I found listed the First Methodist Episcopal Church at the northwest corner of Wisconsin Ave. and E Dayton. This seems to fit the bill for the Twain Cable shows on January 21 and 27 of 1885.

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