Keywords: City Opera House
Item 28486
Bath Opera House advertisement for May 14, 1934
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1934-05-14 Location: Bath; Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 29062
City Opera House stage, Biddeford, ca. 1890
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 111664
Biddeford City Building, Biddeford, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Biddeford Client: City of Biddeford Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva
Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.
Exhibit
Hermann Kotzschmar: Portland's Musical Genius
During the second half of the 19th century, "Hermann Kotzschmar" was a familiar household name in Portland. He spent 59 years in his adopted city as a teacher, choral conductor, concert artist, and church organist.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House
"The inside of the Opera House was wood, while the outside was brick. The heating system caught fire and quickly ignited the wood."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House
"Perry Opera House X Text by Gabe and Chance, two students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from X The Perry Opera House was built…"
Story
Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
