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January 24, 1886
The Waco Daily Examiner
Waco, Mclennan County, Texas
What is this article about?
Mr. Peter McClelland Sr. debunks a circulating myth that a laundry building behind the McClelland Hotel in Waco served as a temporary opera house after the old one burned, until the new McClelland Opera House was built. He clarifies the actual temporary structure's location and fate.
Merged-components note: Adjacent components form a continuous story about the old opera house.
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The Old Opera House.
Mr. Peter McClelland, Sr., Explodes
'Fairy Tale.'
Not long since, upon the opening
of a laundry in the rear of the Mc-
Clelland hotel, a report got into cir-
culation and even got into print, to
the effect that the building was the
one which supplied Waco theatre
goers with a place of amusement after
the old opera house was destroyed by
fire, until the McClelland opera house
was built. This story gained cre-
dence, but though very likely
Mr. Peter McClelland Sr. who owns
the real estate including the laundry
building and the
McClelland hotel building now used
as a 'jail' to contradict
it after the building of the present
opera house. The temporary opera
house stood at the rear of the scene
of the accident a portion of the gold-
er subscribed by the building in which
Strauss' hardware store and the Mc-
Clelland opera house are situated and
was entirely demolished before a brick
was laid on the new building.
Mr. Peter McClelland, Sr., Explodes
'Fairy Tale.'
Not long since, upon the opening
of a laundry in the rear of the Mc-
Clelland hotel, a report got into cir-
culation and even got into print, to
the effect that the building was the
one which supplied Waco theatre
goers with a place of amusement after
the old opera house was destroyed by
fire, until the McClelland opera house
was built. This story gained cre-
dence, but though very likely
Mr. Peter McClelland Sr. who owns
the real estate including the laundry
building and the
McClelland hotel building now used
as a 'jail' to contradict
it after the building of the present
opera house. The temporary opera
house stood at the rear of the scene
of the accident a portion of the gold-
er subscribed by the building in which
Strauss' hardware store and the Mc-
Clelland opera house are situated and
was entirely demolished before a brick
was laid on the new building.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Opera House Fire
Waco Theater
Mclelland Hotel
Temporary Building
Historical Myth
Debunking
What entities or persons were involved?
Peter Mcclelland Sr.
Where did it happen?
Waco
Story Details
Key Persons
Peter Mcclelland Sr.
Location
Waco
Story Details
A false report claimed a laundry building was a temporary theater after the old opera house fire; McClelland Sr. corrects that the actual temporary structure was elsewhere and demolished before the new opera house construction.