The Spurgeon Building, Once Spurgeon's Opera House
ClassificationsPhotographs
DateLate 19th to Early 20th Century
Place DepictedSanta Ana, California, United States, North America
Dimensions7 x 9 1/4 in. (17.8 x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineTerry E. Stephenson Collection
Object number6657A.2
DescriptionThis photograph depicts the block in Santa Ana that was originally home to the Spurgeon Opera House, where Africam-American opera singer Flora Batson performed at on November 21, 1889. The opera house that she performed in that night was demolished in 1913 to make way for what is now the Spurgeon Building in downtown Santa Ana. It just so happens that this theater was also the site of the first film screening in the countyOn View
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November 21, 1889
c. 1884
c. 1915
c. 1875
1870-1949