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Thrasher Opera House
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Address 506 Mill Street
Green Lake, Wisconsin
United States
Coordinates 43°50′40.8″N 88°57′36″W / 43.844667°N 88.96000°W / 43.844667; -88.96000
Owner Thrasher Opera House Corporation
Capacity 200
Current use Live event venue
Opened 1910 (1910)
Website
Thrasher's Opera House
NRHP reference No. 99000921
Added to NRHP August 10, 1999

Thrasher Opera House is a historic theater in Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

History

The opera house was built by Charlie Thrasher. It began showing vaudeville and traveling theatrical performance and, later, movies. In the 1920s, the opera house installed the proper equipment to show sound films. The building underwent renovations in the 1990s. It is listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places and has been designated a City of Green Lake Historic Structure.

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