Illinois
Rouse's Opera House
Thursday, March 9, 1882
The Decorative Arts
Newspaper report
The Daily Transcript, (Peoria) March 10, 1882, 4
Courtesy of the Peoria Public Library.
The Daily Transcript, (Peoria) March 8, 1882, 3
Rouse's Opera House
Main and Jefferson Streets, Peoria, IL (second story of Dr. Rudolph Rouse's building)
Built: 1857-8
Seating: 1200
Superseded as Peoria's main theater in 1882 by the Grand Opera House.
The Guide from the Pacific to the Atlantic, 1878, A.T. Sears and E. Webster, 1878 - Chicago, IL
No record is currently available as to whether Wilde stayed in Peoria.
Oscar Wilde In America | © John Cooper, 2023
