Much care has to be taken in order to get the scenery up the shaft without scratching or ruining the scenery. Scenery is loaded-in from the dock area up a vacant elevator shaft that is now outfitted with a winch system to haul the scenery up to the stage level. The theater itself is actually located on the top two floors of the building, making for interesting and sometimes difficult scenery and show load-ins. After William Goodspeed's death in 1882, the opera house fell into disrepair, facing a series of less glamorous uses-from a militia base during World War I to a general store and a Department of Transportation storage facility.
Its first play, Charles II, opened on October 24, 1877.
Despite the name, it was not in fact an opera house, but rather a venue for presenting plays. Construction began in 1876 and finished in 1877.
The Opera House was originally built by a local merchant and banker, William Henry Goodspeed.
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