Loomer Opera House
751 Main Street,
Willimantic,
CT
06226
751 Main Street,
Willimantic,
CT
06226
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Architects: Francis Hatch Kimball
Previous Names: Loomer's Opera House
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The Loomer Opera House had newspaper advertisements and notices from its opening in December 1880 through the early-1920’s. The theatre featured live performances, opera, fashion shows, boxing and by 1903 moving pictures. It closed as a movie theatre in the mid-1930’s. It was demolished in July 1940.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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Here is an interesting website on the history of the Loomer Opera House. https://loomeroperahouse.wordpress.com/
The Loomer Opera House was opened in 1879 and was demolished in 1940. Its address was 751 Main Street.
One of the pages on the site Gerald DeLuca linked to cites American Architect and Building News of September 13, 1879 saying that Loomer’s Opera House was designed by architect F. H. Kimball. Later in his career, Francis Hatch Kimball would become noted for designing a number of early skyscrapers from his Manhattan office, but in 1879 he was still practicing in Hartford, Connecticut.