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The opera house, on the second floor of the Goss block building above what was Kreiser’s drug Store for many years, is the last reminder of an age in Watertown when theater played a significant role in leisure life. After extensive restoration work, it’s been brought back to its former luster as one of Watertown’s three opera houses! The Goss is the last of the three.

It was built by Charles Goss after his store at the corner of Kemp and Maple burned in a downtown Watertown fire in April 1888. Goss, a determined businessman, set the foundation in June 1888 for the Goss block. His original concept to build a hotel on the spot was replaced by a notion to construct a public hall for entertainment.

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