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Sold in 1977 after the town ended its town meeting lease, the building was repurposed into a commercial retail space, and was in 2005 converted back into a performance venue. At the time of its construction, it dominated the village skyline, which was otherwise mainly one and two-story wood-frame buildings. During these periods it was also used as a community meeting and cultural event venue. It house town offices into the 1930s, and as a fraternal hall into the 1960s, with town meetings held here into the 1970s. It was built by the Pythian Hall Company as a multifunction space, housing the town offices as well as space for both the Knights of Pythias and the local Freemasons. The hall was built in 1894 to a design by the prominent Portland architectural firm of Francis H. The third floor historically housed meeting and storage spaces of the fraternal organizations using the hall, and now also includes a commercial kitchen. The interior of the building has a foyer, which opens into the main auditorium, featuring a stage with proscenium arch, and a balcony running along the sides and rear. A three-part Palladian style window occupies the center third floor bay, above which a gabled wall dormer rises into the attic level.

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The second level has two windows flanked by paired pilasters, again with an entablature above. Find Boothbay Opera House stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. The entry is also elaborate, with pilasters supporting a broad entablature and cornice. The center bay has the main entrance, accessed by a flight of granite steps flanked by decorative railings.

The main facade faces east toward Townsend Avenue, and is symmetrically arranged with paired sash windows in the outer bays. Its exterior is finished mainly in wooden clapboards, with bands of decorative scallop-cut shingles. It is a large 3 + 1⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and brick foundation. The Boothbay Harbor Opera House stands near the northern end of Boothbay Harbor's downtown area, at the southwest corner of Townsend Avenue and Smith Street.

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