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| Mansfield's Opera House was on Wellsboro Street just east
of the Main Street intersection |
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| It later became the "City Hall" - a misnomer since Mansfield
is not and never has been a city. More appropriately it was called Borough
Hall. Postcard by Caulkins |
| From the 1897 History: The Mansfield Opera House Company (Limited),proprietors
of the Mansfield Opera House, was incorporated November 19,1888, the incorporators
being the members of the Mansfield Hook and Ladder Company. The first officers
were Frank E. Van Keuren, president; A.E. Backer, secretary; C.S. Ross,
treasurer, and Frank E. Van Keuren, C.S. Ross, A.E. Backer, H.E. Metcalf
and John Van Osten, managers. The opera house is a handsome two-story brick,
on the north side of Wellsboro street, east of Main street. The borough
building, also, a two-story brick, in which are located the borough offices
and the fire department, adjoins it on the west. |
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| Mansfield's Opera House and Borough Hall |
| Township: Mansfield Borough, Tioga County
PA |
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| Year: 1908, 1911, 2002 |
Postcard Submitted by: June SMITH Mickley
Photo by Joyce M. Tice |
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| The Building burned in May 19, 1913. - Shown above |
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