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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

24 Jul 2018

Page 28

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 2018

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28

Wieting Theater Legacy Behind Toledo’s Cultural Pulse

In Toledo Iowa, Philip and Ella Wilder Wieting shaped local culture through banking and a century of theater patronage. Ella funded the 1912 Wieting Opera House, a 650 seat venue with Palladian details and a Sheenan Opera Company opening night. The building evolved from live performance to film house, winding down by 1958 before a 1961 will clause.

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Hilip Hellen Ella Wilder Wieting Worcester N.Y Toledo Tama County Philip L.B. Blinn Toledo State Bank New York Worcester Bank Syracuse Iowa Ellan Toledo National Bank Wietings Cedar Rapids Dayton Fla S. Church St Toledo Chronicle Wieting Opera House Wieting Hampton Ella Wieting
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Time Machine Seeks Iowa Echoes in Eastern History Project

Eastern Iowa volunteers revive local memories through the Time Machine project and Gazette collaboration. The Toledo Community Theatre Guild transformed the Wieting Opera House with seats and equipment, staged Agatha Christie and weekend films, earned profits, earned historic status, then underwent renovations and reopened plans.

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