Thatcher Opera House (Logan, Utah)

The Thatcher Opera House (Logan, Utah) was built by George W. Thatcher, who had managed the Salt Lake Theater Company. The 800-seat theater opened in September 1890, occupying the top two floors of a new bank building. The theater was used for traveling operas, concerts, plays, vaudeville shows, movies, boxing, and other activities until April 17, 1912, when it was destroyed by a fire which started in an adjacent store.

From the description of Thatcher Opera House theater programs, 1906-1911. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 747112657

The Thatcher Brothers Baking Company financed the 1890 construction of the Thatcher Opera house as part of a larger building in Logan, Utah, that also contained a bank and two stores. For more than two decades the 800-seat theater served as one of Logan's cultural centers, showing dozens of operas, plays, concerts, and minstrel shows. The building was destroyed by a fire on April 17, 1912. It stood in the southwest block of Main and Center, where the Wells Fargo building and the Ellen Eccles Theater stand today.

From the description of Thatcher Opera House program, 1902 January 11. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 221283581