Woodsville Opera House
65 Central Street,
Woodsville,
NH
03785
65 Central Street,
Woodsville,
NH
03785
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The Woodsville Opera house showed movies in the Twenties, Thirties and possibly Forties, according to Woodsville native Shirley P. Cobb. It stands in the center of Woodsville and has a large three faced clock tower. It currently houses some retail shops and apartments.
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Modern photo:
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The original chandelier is now in Alumni Hall in Haverhill, NH.
See attached photo:
http://www.town.haverhill.nh.us/alumihallarts.html
This page has a photo of the Opera House as well:
http://www.cohase.org/Frames/Heritage.htm
The caption of the photo link posted above by Neal G says that the Opera Block was constructed in 1890. There is a theatre listed under Woodsville NH in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. However, it’s not the Opera House, but the “Music Hall”. I don’t know if they are one in the same. According to the Guide, the Music Hall had 600 seats, and was on the second floor of its building. The proscenium opening was 21 feet wide x 18 feet high, and the stage was 22 feet deep. Quincy Scott was the Mgr. Local hotels were the Wentworth, Johnson and Parker House. The population of Woodsville was given as 1,300.
This postcard shows a theater on Central Street, but the theater is part of the Hotel Henderson.
http://tinyurl.com/6mg7aj
Some history can be found here. Architects were C.W. & C.P. Damon.
The Opera House is listed in 1940 as closed with 500 seats.
Yeah, nice that they saved the curtain and chandelier. Too bad they couldn’t have left it where it was and restored the Opera House!
ken: That’s the Orpheum Theatre.