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Clem's Opera House was built around 1891 by local merchants A. L. Clem and Noah Clem along with Dr. W. N. Hynton. The building, which is the middle structure between the other two buildings shown in the photograph on this article, has a flat roof hidden by an elaborate cornice, pressed metal
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and about 23 ft wide (7 meters). The stage is framed with a 9-foot tall 12-foot wide (2.5 by 3.6 meter) wooden proscenium arch. An
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