Silas P. Smith Opera House
West Union, United States
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Built in 1900 in West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia, the Silas P. Smith Opera House was a two-story brick commercial building measuring 40 by 70 feet with restrained Romanesque Revival architectural details. Originally serving as a theatre, it later housed the Doddridge County Public Library. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 and included in both the West Union Downtown Historic District and the West Union Residential Historic District, the building was demolished on November 13, 2019.
- Type
- public library, opera house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- West Union, United States
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