Rohrbaugh Theatre
317 S. Hickory Street,
Ottawa,
KS
66067
317 S. Hickory Street,
Ottawa,
KS
66067
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Previous Names: Rohrbaugh Opera House
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The Rohrbaugh Theatre was opened on January 31, 1896. It was closed on October 2, 1915 after being destroyed by fire.
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The Rohrbaugh Theatre opened its doors on January 31, 1896 after the building was largely rebuilt in 1895.
The Rohrbaugh Theatre closed its doors on October 2, 1915 after it was destroyed by a fire. Lucky enough, no deaths were reported. The fire started at 12:35 AM that morning, as the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit who started the blaze. The loss is placed at about $40,000 of which only 25% of that money was covered by insurance.
The address was 317-321 S Hickory St, almost directly across from the courthouse. This location is now a parking lot. Status should be updated.
The original building may have been a wooden structure which was originally built between 1884 and 1888 as the Ottawa Carriage Works. It was rebuilt or replaced between 1888 and 1893 by a wooden auditorium roughly the same size, but with a second story.
The 1905 Cahn guide gives the Rohrbaugh Opera House (also the name on the 1912 map) a capacity of 1,200.