Huntington: Davis Opera House.” Herald-Dispatch. Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1985. The building currently houses three restaurants along with several otherĬasto, James E. Refurbished as part of a revitalization trend in downtown Huntington during theĢ010s. It was one of many historic buildings to be Around 2017 the building was acquiredīy Capital Ventures and became part of a $7 million adaptive reuse project toĬreate new businesses, office space, and luxury apartments within the 800 block Opera house sat vacant for over a decade. It closed inĢ005 Polan cited the collapse of downtown shopping and competition from placesįollowing the Bazaar’s closure in 2005 the former Purchased the store and focused on selling home décor instead. In 1976 real estate developer Lake Polan III Replaced the following year by The Bazaar, a discount clothing store that soon With the national chain caused it to close in 1960. Number of years the building housed a variety of businesses, the most notableīeing a Montgomery Ward store, which opened in 1939. Of the crown cornice, and gave the structure more of a Regency-style. He made significant alterations to the building’s exterior, such as the removal Opera house and converted it into a retail center. Sometime after its closure Walter Lewis purchased the The Huntington Theater held a final performance on November 8, 1928īefore closing reportedly it briefly reopened for a single gala presentation Changes included theĮxpansion of seating capacity to 1,200 and the creation of eight private boxes.īy the 1920s the rising popularity of movies was causing a decline in live Opera house and renamed it the Huntington Theater. Sophie Tucker, Sarah Bernhardt, and Helen Hayes. Hosted by the opera house included John Barrymore, Will Rogers, Edie Foy, Stage plays, concerts, vaudeville and minstrel shows popular plays included The Wizard of Oz and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In addition to operas, the venue also presented Opera House, while the first floor housed Davis’ drugstore and a pool hall. The upper floors contained the 800-seat Davis The three-story structure wasĭesigned by noted local architect James B. Large brick building on the plot for $35,000. Selling land for development in Huntington. Purchased a piece of property at the southeast corner of 3rd AvenueĪnd 8th Street from the Central Land Company, the agency tasked with Little is known about this theater, which wasĭestroyed in a fire in 1879. Third floor of a building that he owned on the northwest corner of Third AvenueĪnd 10th Street. The first recorded theater in Huntington’s historyĭates to the early 1870s when Robert T.
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