New Grand Theatre
N. Main Street and W. Washington Street,
Bluffton,
IN
46714
N. Main Street and W. Washington Street,
Bluffton,
IN
46714
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The Grand Opera House at Bluffton, Indiana opened in 1903, according to a list of buildings designed by its architect, George Otis Garnsey (1840-1923.) Over the course of his long career, Garnsey designed some forty theaters and opera houses, mostly for smaller midwestern cities.
The 1913-1914 Cahn guide lists Bluffton’s Grand Opera House as a ground floor theater with 378 seats on the main floor, 216 in the balcony, 175 in the gallery, and 12 in boxes. The proscenium opening was 30x28 feet, the stage was 33 feet from the footlights to the back wall, and 52 feet between the side walls.