Venue
(Chatterton) Opera House
Sixth and Jefferson Streets (SE corner), Springfield, IL
Opened: 1866 (as Rudolph Opera House)
Mostly destroyed (fire): March 17, 1876
Rebuilt: 1876—79
Reopened: Sept. 10, 1879 (as Chatterton Opera House)
Closed: May 13, 1924, later condemned as unsafe
Replaced by: Orpheum Theatre 1927—1965
Played host to Mrs. Langtry, Lillian Russell, Edwin Booth, Rose Coghlan, William F. Cody, Adelina Patti, et al.