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Biddeford’s City Theater is a fully restored Victorian opera house located in Biddeford, Maine, United States. City Theater produces and hosts theater, dance and music performances year-round and aims to, “foster an appreciation for the performing arts by using creative avenues to increase community involvement.City Theater, designed by Maine architect John Calvin Stevens in 1896, is included on the National Register of Historic Places.

Biddeford’s City Theater originally opened as an opera house in October 1860 at its present Main Street location as a part of the Biddeford City Hall complex. The opera house enjoyed a high level of popularity in the Biddeford and Southern Maine region until burning down December 30, 1894. Whether to rebuild the opera house was debated, the city eventually settled on rebuilding a more structurally sound opera house.

Architect John Calvin Stevens was chosen to design the new opera house, which opened January 20, 1896. ...