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The Albemarle Opera House is an opulent example
of the Romanesque Revival style |
The Starnes and
Parker families erected a building in the downtown commercial
district of Albemarle in 1907 with two businesses downstairs and an
opera house upstairs. One of these businesses, Starnes Jewelers, has
been continuously operated by the Starnes family since the building
was erected.
The elegant Albemarle Opera House
seated 800 people and was a center for entertainment. People came from
miles around to view plays, concerts, traveling minstrel shows and
vaudeville.
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