English's Opera House

English's Opera House, also known as English's Theatre, was a theatre located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana at Monument Circle.^[1] It was built by William Hayden English and opened in 1880. It was modeled after the Grand Opera House in Manhattan. It was demolished in 1949.^[2]

1889 photograph of English's Opera House (left) and Plymouth Church (right)

The theatre was host to the 1884 Greenback National Convention.^[3]