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Jamestown Opera House : ウィキペディア英語版 | Jamestown Opera House
The Jamestown Opera House is a historic government building and community center in the village of Jamestown, Ohio, United States. It has been named a historic site because of its well-preserved architecture. Besides serving as a theater, the opera house has functioned as the community's village hall, its fire station, its post office, and its library.〔(Jamestown Opera House ), Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2012-12-26.〕 ==Historic context== Established on 16 September 1823, Jamestown's first post office was conducted in conjunction with the postmaster's store.〔Dills, R.S. ''(History of Greene County, Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio )''. Dayton: Odell and Mayer, 1881.〕 For many years, the location of the post office was the subject of a community dispute; each postmaster moved it away from the location used by the previous postmaster, and one postmaster moved its location weekly, prompting comparisons to circuit-riding Methodist preachers.〔Broadstone, Michael A. ''(History of Greene County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions )''. Vol. 1. Indianapolis: Bowen, 1918.〕 A library was functioning in the community by 1870, although its use was restricted to students in the village schools.〔 When the community was platted, its main intersection was that of Limestone and Xenia Streets: Limestone was the north-south road connecting Urbana, Ohio with Maysville, Kentucky, while Xenia was the east-west road from Xenia to Washington Court House. In Jamestown's early years, the southeastern corner of the intersection was occupied by a tavern that had been replaced with a store by the early 1880s.〔 On this corner of the intersection, the Opera House was built in 1889.〔 It was not originally built as a post office, but the office was moved to the Opera House after the size of the previous post office was discovered to be insufficient for Rural Free Delivery regulations. It operated in this rôle until a purpose-built post office was constructed in 1902.〔
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