Old Petaluma Opera House
Appearance
Old Petaluma Opera House | |
Location | 147-149 Kentucky St., Petaluma, California |
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Coordinates | 38°14′6″N 122°38′27″W / 38.23500°N 122.64083°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1870 |
Architect | Brainerd Jones |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Stick/Eastlake |
NRHP reference No. | 78000801[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1978 |
The Old Petaluma Opera House (also known as the Maclay Building) is a historic building located in downtown Petaluma, California.
History
It was built in 1870 as a theater, lecture hall, and dance hall. In 1901, the upper floors were converted to office and meeting space and the street level was remodeled for retail space, and a new prefabricated cast iron facade, manufactured by the Mesker Brothers company of St. Louis, Missouri was installed.
The Nielsen Furniture Company occupied the building from 1944 to 1960.[2] As of June 2010, the building houses law offices and an Irish-style pub. It features Stick/Eastlake architecture.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Rinehart, Katherine J. (2005). Petaluma: A History in Architecture. Images of America. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7385-3004-8.
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Sonoma County, California
- Petaluma, California
- Commercial buildings in California
- Music venues completed in 1870
- Theatres completed in 1870
- National Register of Historic Places in Sonoma County, California
- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Beaux-Arts architecture in California
- Stick-Eastlake architecture in California
- Opera houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Opera houses in California
- San Francisco Bay Area Registered Historic Place stubs
- Sonoma County, California geography stubs
- San Francisco Bay Area building and structure stubs