Texas
Gray's Opera House
Friday, June 23, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
The Dallas Weekly Herald, June 29, 1882, 3
The Houston Daily Post, June 25, 1882
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Gray's Opera House
West side of Fannin Street, Houston, TX, between Congress and Preston Streets (now 320 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002, opposite the courthouse)
Opened: c. 1860s (as Gray's Hall)
Converted: May 1879 (Gray's Opera House)
Seating capacity: 800-1000
Destroyed (fire): August 8, 1889
Replaced by: Sweeney and Coombs Opera House (opened November 3, 1890) which later became the Houston Theatre and The Prince. But this is not the same building as Gray's as sometimes suggested.
Blaze: The Galveston Daily News, August 8, 1888, 8
Hutchins' House
North side of Franklin Street between Main and Travis Streets, Houston, TX
Opened: March 18, 1867 (William J. Hutchins)
Enlarged: as New Hutchins' House
Destroyed (fire): October 19, 1901
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