Newark Opera House | |
Location | 95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°40′59″N 75°44′59″W / 39.68306°N 75.74972°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1885 |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
MPS | Newark MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82002345 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1982 |
Newark Opera House is a historic commercial building and opera house located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1885 and is a four-story rectangular building with six bays at the north front facade. The fourth story was added in 1907. It features a mansard roof covered with patterned slate shingles in the Second Empire style. Between about 1885 and 1925 it was the site of live theater and music, in addition to movies. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]