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Alice Mackey Jaswall (5)

Date
Spring//1966 (5)

Type
Magazine Article (5)

Subject
Theaters (3)
Buildings (3)
Entertainment (3)
Coates Opera House (1)
Coates, Kersey (1)
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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Coates House Background Coates House Background Spring//1966 History of Frank's Hall, opening in 1867 at 5th and Main Streets, the nearest the city had to a legitimate theater until 1870 when the Coates House opened.
2. Coates House Background Coates House Background Spring//1966 Circuses popular in early city history before accessibility to legitimate or first-rate theatre. 84 circus performances between 1856 and 1880, including Stone's Circus and Tyler's Indian Exhibition.
3. Coates House Background Coates House Background Spring//1966 Kansas City's first public hall, built in 1859, scene of what little theatre there was available at the time.
4. Coates House Background Coates House Background Spring//1966 Built soon after Lockridge Hall but before Frank's Hall, located between 5th and 6th Streets at Main. "[T]he first public hall of real importance" in 1860.
5. Coates House Background Coates House Background Spring//1966 Article about the history of the Coates Opera House with photos and biographical information about its owner, Kersey Coates.