Bristol Opera House [Bristol]
Bristol Opera House
theatre in Bristol
Built 1896-1897 by Cyrus and Horace Mosier. Opened 1897 with U. S. S. Pinafore by the Arion Company. At various times used as a theatre, music hall, cinema (since 1915), skating rink. By 1940, the building was so dilapidated that it could only be used as a storage site. Plans to demolish the theatre in 1960 were not carried out. Instead, the theatre was leased to the Elkhart Civic Theatre which later bought and renovated it. Re-opened July 1961.