Newark Opera House Explained

Newark Opera House
Location:95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates:39.6831°N -75.7497°W
Built:1885
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:May 7, 1982
Refnum:82002345

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 in 1907. 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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82002345}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Newark Opera House]. December 1982. 2010-04-20 . Valerie Cesna and Betsy Bahr. National Park Service.