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Title	Hull Opera House (Albion Block), from SW.
Identifier	aj_0162
Subject	Calgary (Alta.) -- History
Location	Calgary, Alberta
Time Coverage	11-Mar-62
Photographer	Alison Jackson
Donor	Alison Jackson Estate
Type	Still Image
Repository	Calgary Public Library, Central Library, Local History Room
Collection	Alison Jackson Photograph Collection
Rights	Copyright Calgary Public Library. 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary AB, T2G 2M2, 1+(403)260-2785 hum1@calgarypubliclibrary.com
Date Photo	11-Mar-62
Format Photo	6cm x 6cm negative
Width Digital	5305
Height Digital	5379
File Size	27890.977 KB
File type	TIF
Notes	“Then & Now” columns appeared weekly in the Calgary Herald between 2002 and 2005. The following article appeared February 5, 2003. Then: Hull's Opera House (Albion Block), 606 Centre St. • In 1889, William Roper Hull, for whom Hull's Opera House was named, hired architects Child and Wilson to design a $10,000 sandstone and brick building. The 1,000-seat venue opened in March 1893, featuring operatic and theatrical productions. Closed briefly for renovations, it reopened as Sherman's Opera House in January 1905 under the direction of showman William B. Sherman, who later operated the Lougheed Grand Theatre. Over the years, it hosted opera, theatre, school concerts, fundraising productions, auction sales, the annual firemen's ball, the New Year's Eve ball and often the Irishmen's dance on St. Patrick's Day. Now: Parking lot • The building's life as an opera house was relatively short- lived. In 1906, it was renovated to accommodate street-level retail and upper-floor residential apartments and subsequently became known as the Albion Block. Around 1962, George Crystal, owner of the York Hotel, bought the Albion and surrounding property. A year later, it was demolished to provide parking for hotel customers. Today, it is one of many public parking lots servicing the downtown.
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