Tampa Opera House

S. Franklin Street,
Tampa, FL 33602

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on October 20, 2025 at 2:29 pm

The exact opening date is March 7, 1884 with Lambert & Richardson’s Dramatic Troupe live presentation of “Fate”, and the exact location is 400 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602. Unfortunately this house was short-lived. It was closed in May 1893 and was demolished later that same month to make way for structures.

This was primarily known as the Branch’s Opera House, but Tampa newspapers always called it the Tampa Opera House. However, this also briefly went under the name Ball Bros. Opera House for a very short time.

  • Also to note is that Tampa also had another opera house nearby called the Port Tampa Opera House, which operated in the 1900s and will have its own CT page soon.