#566 McRae Block #566
by William Lum
Title
#566 McRae Block #566
Artist
William Lum
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
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McRae Block or the McRae Opera house, never had an opera. In the early 1900’s, a town without an Opera House was not considered a proper town. Alexander Bell McRae decided to move his house three blocks from where it stood, at the corner of Lincoln and Main Streets, to build a first-class building that would be deemed Roseville’s Opera House. The building was completed in 1908, and many events have taken place in the upstairs portion of the building, live theater, a roller-skating rink, semi pro boxing matches, and even the local newspaper operated out of the upstairs, but there has never been an opera. The lower portion housed the McRae insurance offices, the Piggley Wiggley grocery store, Roseville’s first newspaper – Roseville Register, and the Post Office (1914-1924). A few doors away is the Onyx Club which opened in 1936.
In 2012, the Opera House Saloon moved in the renovated building and is still there today. The second floor is used for dancing and live music. That dance floor is claimed to be the largest in the Sacramento area.
This 15” X 22” watercolor was done on Winsor & Newton, 140 lb, rough paper.
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June 11th, 2021
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