The 1,100 seat auditorium included 2 balconies, 8 boxes and stalls and a proscenium large enough to host major theatrical productions. He selected the Richardsonian Romanesque style and chose red sandstone and Dubuque brick for construction. They contracted architect Willoughby Edbrooke who had previously designed many of the buildings on Ellis Island, the US Treasury building and the old post office in Washington, DC. and other local businessmen invested $100,000 to create this iconic landmark of Dubuque culture. Dubuque’s historic Grand Opera House is the oldest and most “grand” of more than 16 legitimate theaters which served the community prior to 1900.
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