Rawlins, Wyoming Opera House Number 2 First picture Following the burning of the 1880 Masonic Opera House, the new 1909 Masonic Temple at Pine and 4th served as the primary community center for Rawlins until the 1912 Opera House was built. 1912 Opera House Number 3 Rawlins 1912 About 1912 Charles H. Anderson built the Rawlins Opera House, a thoroughly modern and up-to-date theater. It opened March 27, 1913. The opera house had a seating capacity of six hundred. In 1921 it became a movie house. The Fox corporation bought it in 1940. Through the 40 and 50s it continued as a movie theater and operated under different names. Its uses changed over the years and now is the home to several different businesses, including the Rawlins Music Academy and the state Parole Board. It stands at 214 4th St. in Rawlins.
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