Sumter Town Hall-Opera House

	Sumter Town Hall-Opera House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Opera House clock tower, January 2013
Location	N. Main St., Sumter, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°55′15″N 80°20′30″W / 33.92083°N 80.34167°W
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1893
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	73001733
Added to NRHP	May 24, 1973

Sumter Town Hall-Opera House, also known as the Sumter Academy of Music, is a historic town hall building located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built in 1893, and is a four-story, ashlar brick Richardsonian Romanesque style building. It features a four-faced clock tower that serves as a focal point for the entire area. The building was remodeled internally in 1936, converting the first floor into a movie theater and the second floor opera house into offices.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1] It is located in the Sumter Historic District.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Braxton Matthews and Mary Ann Eaddy (March 1973). "Sumter Town Hall-Opera House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
^ "Sumter Town Hall-Opera House, Sumter County (21 North Main St., Sumter)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Braxton Matthews and Mary Ann Eaddy (March 1973). "Sumter Town Hall-Opera House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

[scdah-3] "Sumter Town Hall-Opera House, Sumter County (21 North Main St., Sumter)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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