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Lecture Tour of America 1882

Writing and Research on Oscar Wilde

Leadville

Colorado


Tabor Opera House

Thursday, April 13, 1882


The Decorative Arts

Verification

Newspaper reports

The Leavenworth Times, April 16, 1882, 3


"OSCAR DEAR—Wilde Wrestles Wildly With the Art Decorative in this Mountain Wilderness"

Leadville Daily Herald, April 14, 1882

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Venue

Tabor Opera House

308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, CO


Built: 1879 (Horace A. W. Tabor)

Opened: November 20, 1879—extant

Seating capacity: 888

Feature: Third story bridge passage way to the Clarendon Hotel, next door


Related:

Wilde also appeared at the “Grand” Tabor Opera House on the previous evening when he lectured in Denver, CO.


Tabor Opera House History

Accommodation

Clarendon Hotel

Harrison Avenue and Main Street (adjacent to the opera house to the south), Leadville, CO


Built: 1878-79

Opened: April 10, 1879

Demolished: 1930s

Note: The Tabor Opera House seen under construction adjacent to the left


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