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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:21:00

Built in 1886 after fire destroyed its predecessor and opened on July 19, 1887, the Lexington Opera House at 401 West Short Street is a National Register-listed theatre designed by architect Oscar Cobb. The ornate venue originally seated 1,250 across two balconies with boxes on each side of the stage, featuring seats upholstered in Turkish Morocco and velvet, each equipped with its own hat rack. After decades of decline as a movie house, the venue was saved from demolition and purchased by the ...