Grand Opera House

By: Jameal Jones

The Grand Opera House is one of the few remaining theatres that lasted in the time it was built back in 1894. It was built to show the culture life of Galveston, TX. The theatre is used for other things than performances. Some people rent it for children’s programming. Looking at the Grand Opera house it has what my generation would call an old fashion touch to it. The designs on the building and the way the texture of the material that was used to build it stands out. 

I loved how the year is proudly shown at the top with the name of the theatre along the sides, in an arch shape. The bricks of the arch have designs at the bottom that make it seem as to hold the arch together. In my opinion the building shows history at its finest. The brick was molded so that the theatre does not look plain but extravagant to anyone that comes to and watches a performance or just to pass by and observe. Even though the color is plain the details are still visible, whatever the artist wanted to be shown was there. Even the storm in 1900 couldn’t hide any artistic features it possessed. 

The Grand Opera House stands and is open today as a piece of history in Galveston, TX. It shows where the city came from and how much it mean for the citizens of the city to have this building in their presence, performances to continue to happen in the theatre, and be able to show it off to the rest of the world. This is my view of the Grand Opera House. These are the things I saw and learned about the building located in Galveston, Texas.