Posted by (+18539) 3 years ago
LEST YOU FORGET
WE ARE HERE YET
AND CAN DO YOUR
PAINTING
PAPERHANGING
AND
DECORATING
ON SHORT NOTICE
BONNER & BUREN
Sign seen in this old postcard of the Miles City Opera House. This photo was sent to me by Gary Coffrin. Gary said the postcard was mailed in 1906.

It has been said elsewhere on the forums that the Opera House was located at Sixth Street and Pleasant about where the W.A. Mitchell Agency is located today. It was said that the bricks used on the facade of the W.A. Mitchell Agency were taken from the Opera House.
Questions:
1. Did the Opera House face Sixth Street or Pleasant Street?
2. When did the Opera House open, when did it close, and when was the building demolished?
3. There appears to be a taller brick building behind the Opera House seen in the upper right corner of the photo. What building is that?
4. Montana Cadastral says the W.A. Mitchell Agency building was built in 1974. What was at the site of the W.A. Mitchell Agency prior to that? How did they obtain bricks from the Opera House for use in their facade?
WE ARE HERE YET
AND CAN DO YOUR
PAINTING
PAPERHANGING
AND
DECORATING
ON SHORT NOTICE
BONNER & BUREN
Sign seen in this old postcard of the Miles City Opera House. This photo was sent to me by Gary Coffrin. Gary said the postcard was mailed in 1906.

It has been said elsewhere on the forums that the Opera House was located at Sixth Street and Pleasant about where the W.A. Mitchell Agency is located today. It was said that the bricks used on the facade of the W.A. Mitchell Agency were taken from the Opera House.
Questions:
1. Did the Opera House face Sixth Street or Pleasant Street?
2. When did the Opera House open, when did it close, and when was the building demolished?
3. There appears to be a taller brick building behind the Opera House seen in the upper right corner of the photo. What building is that?
4. Montana Cadastral says the W.A. Mitchell Agency building was built in 1974. What was at the site of the W.A. Mitchell Agency prior to that? How did they obtain bricks from the Opera House for use in their facade?