Harlan Hall
Harlan Hall | |
Location | 603 Locust St., Marshall, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 39°23′22″N 87°41′42″W / 39.38944°N 87.69500°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 01001309[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 2001 |
Harlan Hall is a historic opera house located at 603 Locust St. in Marshall, Illinois. The opera house opened in 1872 to provide a venue for theatrical performances in Marshall. The building has an Italianate design with tall, narrow windows, wide bracketed eaves, and a steeply sloping roof. Both local and traveling theatrical acts performed in the theater, which also hosted concerts, public meetings, and other events. The opera house had a livery stable on its first floor for its patrons' horses, an unusual feature for contemporary theaters. In 1904, B. F. Johnson purchased the building and converted it to a movie theater; while it still served as a civic auditorium, the building no longer showed theatrical performances after this point. The building has since held a Moose Lodge, and its first floor has been converted to a commercial space.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Macey, Damian T. (June 28, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Harlan Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Italianate architecture in Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Clark County, Illinois
- Theatres completed in 1872
- National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Illinois
- Moose International
- Central Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs