Root's Opera House
207 S. 3rd Street,
Laramie,
WY
82070
207 S. 3rd Street,
Laramie,
WY
82070
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Currently an Italian restaurant with a hideous façade.
Listed under Laramie Wyoming in the 1897-98 Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide is the Opera House. Located on the ground floor, 600 seats, electric illumination, stage18 feet deep. H.E. Root, Mgr., W.H. Root, press agent. There were 2 daily newspapers, and one weekly. Hotels for show folk: Thornburgh, Custer. Railroad: Union Pacific. There was also a Maennerchor Hall in Laramie, 650 seats. 1897 population: 7,000.