Slowly moving pictures replaced stage shows and in the 1920s the floor was remodeled as a movie theater. In the early 1900s it became especially popular because silent "moving pictures" were shown there. Meetings, dances, college commencement exercises, and musicals were also held there. Touring companies of New York plays, minstrel and variety shows, famed vocalists and lecturers, magicians, novelty acts and boxing exhibitions appeared on its stage. The second floor held a performance hall and stage. In 1882, the newly built Newberry Opera House housed, on the first floor, two stores, a fire station, a city council chamber, a clerk's office, and a police station. What can you do with a building that used to contain, among other things, jail cells and a fire station?
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