Patten Rd. and Sewall St., Island Falls, Maine. County/parish: Aroostook.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 19, 1984. NRIS 84001359.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Island Falls Opera House is a historic multipurpose building at the junction of Old Patten Road, Burleigh Street and Sewall Street in the center of the small town of Island Falls, Maine. Built in 1894, the building included retail, performance, and residential spaces, and is a type of building that was once common and is now rare in rural Maine. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Until recently the building sat vacant and unused. Since the sale of the building in December 2020, the Opera House has seen much cleanup and repair activity.
The new owners, The Hartin’s, who lived in Crystal, Maine, just a few miles from the building, plan to revitalize the property and open the theater and storefront back up to the community. The building will also house two Inn Room rental units similar to a hotel accommodation for folks visiting and traveling through to stay per night, weekend and even monthly stay basis. There will be no long term occupancy rentals in the building.
The Hartin’s now reside in the house wing full time, since renovations have been completed to the living quarters in that area of the building.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88685452