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Historical View: La Mesa's Long-Lost Opera House

Read about the opera house that once resided on La Mesa Boulevard, from our partner, the La Mesa Courier.

By James D. Newland, La Mesa Courier

There was a time in which La Mesans could simply walk downtown and go to their very own Opera House. “An Opera House in La Mesa,” one might ask?

But, in fact, for 19 years a La Mesa Opera House did exist.

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The Opera House’s origins date to the early development of La Mesa Springs as the community’s commercial center, starting with the Park-Grable Company’s initial suburban development.

Read the rest of this historical column in the La Mesa Courier, a La Mesa-Mount Helix Patch media partner.

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