Town Hall/Levy Opera House

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries this site was an open space known as "the Battery," where the local militia was drilled and men and children played games. In 1852 Town Hall was built on the site to accommodate travelling plays and musical events, and featured opera singers, instrumentalists, novelty acts, dancers, and magicians. During the Civil War, wounded soldiers were housed here and Confederate uniforms were made here by local citizens. The building was remodelled into a "modern" opera house and renamed the Levy Opera House in 1888 by Jefferson Monroe Levy, who also owned Monticello at the time. Today the building houses office space.

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