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Wash/ Dearborn & State

Crosby Opera House – 1865 – 1871

Photographer: John Carbutt No. 139 (Views of Chicago)
Location: North side of Washington between Dearborn and State Streets
Architect: W. W. Boyington

Its plan included lecture halls, concert halls and extensive galleries. It’s seating capacity was over 3,000. After an extensive renovation, it was to re-open on the evening of 9 Oct 1871. The Field & Leiter building on State and the Second Presbyterian Church on Wabash can be seen.