Historical Marker
Grand Opera House
Historical marker location:
104 North West Street, Uvalde, Texas
( 104 North West Street - marker fronts Getty, Uvalde.)
Marker installed: 1967
Staged outstanding musicals, dramas. Built 1891 by local men for professional troupes. Also scene of home talent plays, some directed by Ben K. Franklin, a former actor who settled here. Programs created social stir, with lavish dress and parties. Building has copper roof and corbeled bay window tower; had ornate stage and auditorium. Now owned by former U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner and his son, Tully Garner.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967.