Art and Architecture in Northwest Ohio, plus anything else I damn well please.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Wheeler's Opera House, Downtown Toledo
This was one of Carl Schon's designs. It was built in 1870-1871 and burned down in 1893. The place attracted a high class of performers, including Buffalo Bill Cody, Lillie Langtry, Edwin Booth, and Sarah Bernhardt. Notice the eagle on the roof. It was made of iron and had a nineteen foot wingspan.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.”
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