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|location=[[Jefferson Street]] at [[Government Street|Government]]
|architect=
|client=[[Daniel F. Sullivan]] (?)
|engineer=[[A.V. Clubbs]], contractor<br/>[[Theodore Weber]], artist
|owner=
{{For|the building that houses the current Pensacola Opera company|Pensacola Opera}}
The [['''Pensacola Opera House]] ''' was a 1,400-seat theater at the intersection of [[Jefferson Street|Jefferson]] and [[Government Street]]s, across from [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. It Financed by timber magnate [[Daniel F. Sullivan]], it opened in [[1883]]. The building was heavily damaged in the two [[1916 hurricanes]] and demolished after receiving further damage from the [[Hurricane of 1917]]. Salvaged bricks and balcony railings were used in the construction of the [[Saenger Theatre]].
The [[1885-1886 Pensacola City Directory]] says the following of the Opera House:
*[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=14194 Amelia Bingham]
*[[Wikipedia:John Philip Sousa|Sousa's Band]]
==Bank==
[[Image:OperaHouseBank.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Bank entrance at the northwest corner of the Opera House]]
In addition to the theater itself, the Opera House also housed the Sullivan brothers' [[First National Bank]], accessible through an entrance at the building's northwest corner.
==Pensacola Advertising Company==
