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Illinois
Opera House
Monday, March 6, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
The Ottawa Free Trader, Mar 11, 1882, 8
Joliet News Historical Edition, Will County Historical Society, 1884 - Joliet (Ill.), p. 35
Opera House
Chicago and Clinton Streets, NW corner, Joliet, IL
Built: 1873 [1]
Opened: February 3, 1874
Seating: 950
Destroyed (fire): March 18, 1891
Replaced: 1892 on the same site with a new opera house with a turreted corner
[1] of Joliet limestone from the quarries of William Davidson
No record is currently available as to whether Wilde stayed overnight in Joliet. It is entirely possible he traveled on early by train to Jacksonville, IL, a journey of some 200 miles, where he lectured the following evening.
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