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The Grand Opera House


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THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE


Built here, 1858 - - operated until 1919, Julia Marlowe made her debut in this famous theater and such great actors as Edwin Booth, Maude Adams, Joseph Jefferson, John Drew, and the Barrymores played to large and appreciative audiences.


Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1966.

N. 2nd St. & Busseron St., Vincennes, icon