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Historic Photos of Litchfield Opera House
Image 1: Opera House at Litchfield. Photograph Collection, Postcard 1908. Location no.MM5.9 LT3.1 r5 Negative no. 41409
Image 2: Opera House, Litchfield. Photograph Collection, Postcard ca. 1910 Location no. MM5.9 LT3.1 r13 Negative no. 104554
Image 3: Greetings from Litchfield Photograph Collection, Postcard ca. 1910 Locationno. MM5.9 LT6 r1 Negative no. 102148
Image 4: Litchfield Opera House, 126 North Marshall Avenue, Litchfield. Photograph Collection 10/1983 Location no. MM5.9 LT3.1 p5 Negative no. 06471-13
Image 5: Postcard of Opera House. Source: Unknown.
Image 6 : Litchfield Community Building. Date unknown (likely after 1935 as center column between entry door and flyhouse have been removed).
Current Exterior Photos of Litchfield Opera House.
Image 7: Western façade (main) and southern façade.
Image 8: Southern façade.
Image 9: Southern and eastern façade.
Image 10: Eastern façade.
Image 11: Northern and western façade
Image 12: Northern façade
Image 13: Southern façade.
Image 14: Southern facade, ground level. Spalling bricks, missing bricks, improper mortar and patching techniques.
Image 14
Images 15-16
Images 19-21
Image 15: Southern façade masonry, located on second story
Image 16: Southern façade masonry, located on second story
Image 17: Southern façade. Deteriorated mortar and masonry near roofline and gutter system.
Image 18: Southern façade. Deteriorated mortar and masonry near roofline and gutter system.
Image 19: Southern façade at base of building near side entrance.
Image 20: Southern façade at base of building near side entrance
Image 21: Southern façade at base of building near side entrance
Image 22: Southern facade, ground level. Spalling bricks, improper mortar and patching techniques.
Image 23: Southern façade; view of mortar and bricks.
Image 24: Eastern façade. Test panels to be located on south and east façade.11
Image 25
Image 25: Eastern façade. Note patching of crack in masonry and rusted metal cornice.
Image 26: Northern and western façade.
Image 27: Northern façade. Damaged brick around the furnace vent
Image 27
Images 30-32
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Image 29
Image 28: Northern façade. Notice damaged parapet
Image 29: Northern façade. Deteriorated windowsill.
Image 30: Western façade. Deteriorated windowsill
Image 31: Close up of damaged windowsill
Image 32: Western façade window profile
Image 33: Brick windowsills on southern and eastern facades will be repaired and repointed. Sandstone sills will NOT be installed, as the south and east sides never had stone sills.
Image 34: Western façade. Deterioration of parapet wall.
Image 35: Western façade. Deterioration of parapet wall and parapet cap. Rusted cornice.
Image 36: Southwestern corner of parapet wall.
Image 37: Northern façade parapet wall.
Image 38: Northern façade parapet wall.
Image 39: Western façade parapet wall
Image 40: Western façade, rusting of cornice.
Image 41: Rusting of metal cornice.