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scene. This particular stage set was a 65-by-65 foot painting of
Elsinore Castle (also known as Kronberg Castle), where the moody Denmark prince walked at night and spoke with the ghost of his father. A local artist named Merry painted this stage set. In the audience that night was Water Works Superintendent A.G. Moore. He was so impressed with the painting of Elsinore Castle that that next Monday morning he appeared at the offices of
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and Sons (famous local architectural firm that designed, among other structures, Music Hall and the
Cincinnati City Hall) with a newspaper illustration of the Elsinore stage set. What resulted was that Charles B. Hannaford, the son of Samuel, was commissioned to design the valve house in the form of
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played the role of Hamlet. Even at the age of 72, this actor was very popular in
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