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Creation Date
4-23-2012
Building Name
City Hall and Opera House
Description
City Hall and Opera House Chester SC
Chester City Hall and Opera House is a historic city hall and theatre located at Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. It was built in 1890-1891, and is a Romanesque Revival style brick building. Architect Frank Muson designed the building.
The façade consists of three sections: a four-story tower, gabled three-story central section, and a less ornate section three-story section. The interior was renovated following a fire in 1929, which destroyed the original spire tower containing a four-faced clock. Since 1891, this building has housed the town’s administrative offices.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, National Register of Historic Places NRIS #73001704.
Latitude, Longitude
34.70489444, -81.21410278
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "City Hall and Opera House, Chester SC" (2012). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 5709.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/5709
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida -- Jacksonville; City Hall and Opera House; Historic building; Romanesque Revival style; Administrative offices; Frank Muson -architect; Chester County (SC); City halls --- South Carolina --- Chester.; Images