State Theater
51 E. Congress Street,
Tucson,
AZ
85701
51 E. Congress Street,
Tucson,
AZ
85701
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The Tucson Opera House was designed by architect Sidney Lovell, according to this book published in 1897, the year the Opera House was built.
Nice postcard I see the State and Fox down the street.Thanks ken mc.
This postcard of uncertain vintage shows the State on Congress Street:
http://tinyurl.com/cytvhc
Here is part of an article dated 9/22/53 from the Tucson Daily Citizen:
The State Theater, known long before the days of motion pictures as the Tucson Opera House, will play its last show tonight. A new commercial building will soon take its place on Congress Street. There will be no fanfare, no closing ceremony for the aged theater where any performance was once a major social event and seats were reserved on a permanent basis. The leading Shakespearean actors played at the old Opera House. There were traveling minstrel shows, too, and operas. Occasionally, a local group put on a play.
In 1929, the theater was taken over by the Paramount chain. The old landmark closes on a modern note for one of the features tonight is “When Worlds Collideâ€.