St. Marys Theater/Grand Opera House
119 W. Spring Street,
St. Marys,
OH
45885
119 W. Spring Street,
St. Marys,
OH
45885
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Who owns this building currently?
Website down and no Facebook page. Might be closed, phone disconnected.
Any word on what’s going on here and who is running this theatre?
Nice photo again Chuck 1231.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y9v6he9
here is some inside photos of the St marys theatre
st marys ohio
I also went up in the loft and took many photos up there
I will be adding some pics of the ballroom and lobby areas soon
but in the meantime enjoy them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38105227@N02/
thanks
Bryon Sparks
The Grand Opera House in St. Mary’s, OH was listed in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. J.L. Smith was the Mgr., and the seating capacity was 1,000. The house had both gas and electric illumination. The proscenium was 30 feet wide and the stage was 35 feet deep. The theatre was on the ground floor and there were 9 in the house orchestra. In addition to 2 weekly newspapers, there was the daily “Democrat”. Hotels were the Fountain and the Dieker House. The 1897 population of St. Mary’s was 6,500.
The 1941 Film Daily Yearbook has this listed as the New Broad Theater with a seating capacity of 500. Two years later in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. it is the St. Marys Theater, still with 500 seats. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. lists the St. Marys Theater with a seating capacity of 613.