Duncombe Opera House

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Site Name: Duncombe Opera House
Location: St. Thomas
County: Elgin
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

Address: 451-455 Talbot St., St. Thomas ON

 

"The three-storey red brick building at 451-455 Talbot St. was erected for Dr. Tyrell Duncombe and opened on Sept. 18, 1894 as the Duncombe Opera House, seating 1,000-plus patrons.

There were shops in the ground floor storefronts and professional offices on the second floor, and a St. David's masonic lodge on the third.

 

Later, the Hippodrome was the first moving picture theatre in our town."

Bunnell, Eric. "Come back to the five-and-dime..." St. Thomas Journal. May 2, 2014. Accessed June 20, 2017. www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2014/05/02/come-back-to-the-five-and-dime