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On this date in 1914, Tucker County authorities made their first arrest under the newly enacted Yost Law. Prohibition put Hiram Cottrill’s saloon out of business and led him to sell his Opera House to the Sutton family. (Courtesy of the Parson
Independence Day has always been a big deal in Thomas! In this July 1909 photo, Cottrill’s Opera House looms in the parade’s smoky background. (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia & Regional History Center)
Remembering Hiram Cottrill, who died 73 years ago today. Born to a farming family near Gormania, Cottrill worked as a mine superintendent before building our Opera House. He owned the theatre and saloon for more than a decade. Here, his obituary from
Ninety-three years ago tonight, Davis High School held its graduation commencement at Cottrill’s Opera House (then known as “Sutton’s Liberty Theatre”). Do you recognize any of the names from the class of 1925?
On this night in 1934, the public school system in Thomas held its eighth grade commencement exercises at Sutton Theatre (a.k.a., Cottrill’s Opera House). Invitation card courtesy of Mary Milkint.
Love seeing other projects coming to our community from @millsgroupllc , who recently developed a conceptual design for the restoration of the Opera House. Looking forward to the redevelopment of this property in Davis!
Here, our board vice president, Ross Hoppe (standing at right), shares a progress report with the Thomas City Council. Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the pleasure of updating the councils in Parsons, Thomas and Davis, as well the Tucker Cou
This ~27 year old photo is from the house left upper balcony. The stage is to the left and the projection booth is just out of frame to the right. A lot of work was done in the mid 1990s to clear out water damaged areas of the building and to then sh