Grand 1894 Opera House

Galveston County, United States

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The Grand 1894 Opera House stands in Galveston's Historic Downtown Cultural Arts District at 2020 Post Office Street, designed by architect Frank Cox in the Romanesque Revival style. Originally built as a combined hotel and opera house, it is now operated as a not-for-profit performing arts venue with a seating capacity of 1,040. The building was designated the Official Opera House of Texas in 1993 by the 73rd Texas Legislature and holds listings on both the National Register of Historic Places and as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

Architect

Frank Cox

Movement

Romanesque Revival architecture

Type: hotel, opera house, nonprofit organization
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Place: Galveston County, United States

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Location

29.30548, -94.79097