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Grand Opera House

  Texas Historical Markers
104 Norht West Street, Uvalde, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 12' 35.88445000008", -99° 47' 13.02997999992"
 
    Texas State
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    Staged outstanding musicals, dramas. Built 1891 by local men for professional troupes. Also scene of home talent plays, some directed by Ben K. Franklin, a former actor who settled here. Programs created social stir, with lavish dress and parties. Building has copper roof and corbeled bay window tower; had ornate stage and auditorium. Now owned by former U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner and his son, Tully Garner. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Grand Opera House Historical Marker Location Map, Uvalde, Texas