NRHP: Opera House, WCTG
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Opera House; WCTG
NRHP Reference #: 82004925
NRHP Listing Date: 19820811
Location
413 N Webster, Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Opera House building was constructed in 1885 to house the hardware business of Morhart and Fulton on the ground floor and the opera house above. The stage of the opera house saw the performance of many traveling stock companies and it served as the center of social and cultural life in Red Cloud for more than thirty years. Willa Cather gave her high school commencement address from the stage of the opera house.
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