Court Sq., Abbeville, South Carolina. County/parish: Abbeville.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 01, 1970. NRIS 70000558.
1 contributing building.
The Abbeville Opera House, also known as the Abbeville Opera House and Municipal Office Building is an historic building located in Abbeville, South Carolina. Designed by William Augustus Edwards of Edwards and Wilson, it was opened in 1904 and dedicated in 1908. On July 1, 1970, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism the theater has received the South Carolina Governor's Travel Award for Tourism and was designated as the Official Rural Drama State Theatre of South Carolina. It is included in the Abbeville Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996955