McDonald’s Opera House
Thursday, June 29, 1882
The Decorative Arts
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Newspaper advertisement
The illustration of Wilde used in the advertisement is taken from The Kelly Sketch.
McDonald’s Opera House
Built: 1881 (Prof. George Freeman McDonald)
Opened: October 26, 1881
Seating capacity: 1000
Name changed: 1905, Bijou Theatre (Jake Wells, lessee)
Name changed: 1909, Majestic (vaudeville house)
Later: Various retail outlets
Destroyed (fire): June 4, 1927 (as Frank Tennille Furniture Company)
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