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of Freeland, Pa. Yannes Opera House |
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On related pages: The original Yannes building at Front and Washington was apparently a wooden building and it housed his bottling business and perhaps a saloon. It burned down along with a number of other buildings in a big fire in 1886. After that he had a new, larger, 3-story brick building erected on the same property in 1887-1888 that would become his opera house, hotel and saloon, with a bottling business in the back. ![]() Here are just a few more examples of the many events held there in addition to the theatrical entertainments that took place on the opera house stage: 1888 - P.O.S. of A. Ball 1890 - Knights of the Mystic Chain, Loyal Castle no. 65 anniversary entertainment 1890 - Young Men's T.A.B. Society lecture and entertainment 1891 - Knights of Labor annual ball 1897 - Citizens' Hose Company Fair (2 weeks!) 1898 - Tigers Athletic Club tenth annual ball 1900 - Tigers Athletic Club, Twentieth Century Ball ![]() ![]() Thank you to Ed Merrick for research and clippings, to John Zubach for the black and white postcard of Yannes' Opera House, and to the Freeland History Society, Joe Flanagan and Tom Landers for the sepia postcard photo of Krell's Hall. |