Morgan Opera House [Canonsburg]
type: Item
label: Morgan Opera House
description: theatre in Canonsburg
Wikidata source: Q43383947
EUTA research ID II: 1943
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: 2 E. Pike Street & N. Central Avenue, Canonsburg, PA 15317
Country: USA
City: Canonsburg
GPS: Point(-80.1865 40.2588)
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 7159
Note: Built 1891 as a commercial building with a third-floor theatre. Ca. 500 seats. 1902 rebuilding and auditorium extension by a balcony on the fourth floor (total capacity: 884 seats). Site of a disastrous panic after a false shout of fire on 26 Aug 1911, leading to 26 deaths. Subsequently closed and converted into apartments.
opening date: 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z