Newark Opera House

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]

Newark Opera House
Newark Opera House, April 2010
Location95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates39°40′59″N 75°44′59″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1885
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSNewark MRA
NRHP reference No.82002345[1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1982

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

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