Newark Opera House

Newark Opera House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Newark Opera House, April 2010
Location:	95 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates:	39°41′0″N 75°45′3″W / 39.683333°N 75.75083°W / 39.683333; -75.75083Coordinates: 39°41′0″N 75°45′3″W / 39.683333°N 75.75083°W / 39.683333; -75.75083
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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ unknown (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Newark Opera House". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/82002345.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-20.