Corsicanabr/Navarro County, Texasbr/32 05.584' N 96 27.803' Wbr/Address: 113 S. Beaton Street.br/ br/Text: At this site in 1891, a group of businessmen built a three-story structure to replace the small Corsicana Opera House above city hall. The Merchants Opera House had stores and offices on the first two floors and a balconied auditorium on the top story. Opulently decorated in the style of the day, the theater seated up to 1000. Plays, minstrel shows, and musical concerts, featuring well-known performers, entertained audiences here. The building was sold, but burned in 1914 before it could be converted into a motion picture theater as planned.br/br/ Date Photographed: 21-05-06