​Site of
​Merchants Opera House

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Marker Text: ​At this site in 1891, a group of businessmen built a three-story structure to replace the small Corsicana Opera House above city hall. The Merchants Opera House had stores and offices on the first two floors and a balconied auditorium on the top story. Opulently decorated in the style of the day, the theater seated up to 1000. Plays, minstrel shows, and musical concerts, featuring well-known performers, entertained audiences here. The building was sold, but burned in 1914 before it could be converted into a motion picture theater as planned. (1974) 

Marker No: 7229

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​32° 5.604′ N, 96° 27.801′ W

Location: 113 South Beaton Street, Corsicana ​