Volume 15 , Issue 6

New Opera House Postcard

The New Opera House was located at 612-614th Flynn St., in Alva, Woods county, Oklahoma. Back in 2002 one our OkieLegacy Ezine readers sent me the following concerning the New and Old Opera Houses locations in Alva, Oklahoma.

In Glimpses of the Past-Early Postcard Views of Alva, Oklahoma, complied by the publication committee and the permanent archive Committee of the Alva Centennial Commission l987, there is a postcard of the New Opera House located at 612-614th Flynn Street, in downtown Alva.

The "New Opera House" replaced the Old Opera House located in the 400 block on Barnes Street, towards the southeast corner of the downtown square.

The New Opera House was built by William H. Wiggins and James Hunter. Construction of this building was started in l906 and completed in l907 at the cost of twenty thousand dollars. The Opera House originally featured live entertainment but later became a movie theatre. t is listed in the l9ll-l2 City Directory as the Grand Theatre and sometimes later was renamed The Liberty. All but the brick shell of this building was destroyed by a spectacular fire the night of June 22, l933. The owner, A.P. Crandall, chose not to rebuild and sold the building to W. W. Starr, who tore down the original facade when he rebuilt the building.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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