Bristol Opera House [Bristol]
type: Item
label: Bristol Opera House
description: theatre in Bristol
Wikidata source: Q56676250
EUTA research ID II: 1970
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 210 E Vistula Street, Bristol, IN 46507
Country: USA
City: Bristol
GPS: Point(-85.8179 41.7217)
opening date: 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1450
Note: 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.