Wagner Opera House
Church Street and Cliff Street,
Canajoharie,
NY
13317
Church Street and Cliff Street,
Canajoharie,
NY
13317
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The 1913-1914 Cahn guide lists the Wagner Opera House as a ground floor theater with 425 seats on the main floor and 125 seats in the balcony. A 500-seat Wagner Opera Hall was listed in the 1889 Jeffrey’s guide, but I don’t know if it was the same building or not. In 1889, the Wagner had competition from the 800-seat Nellis' Opera Hall.
Oddly, a New Opera House, attached to the Nellis House (presumably a hotel) and the Wagner Opera House both had advertisements in the September 10, 1881, issue of The New York Clipper. The New Opera House advertised itself with 701 seats, while the Wagner advertised itself with 800 seats and as the “[f]inest opera-house and the only one in town….”