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Newark Opera House
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Newark Opera House, April 2010
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| Location: | 95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware |
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| Area: | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built: | 1885 |
| Architectural style: | Second Empire |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Newark MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: | 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 about 1900. 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]
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