The building is in the Stoughton Main Street Commercial Historic District. The venue is now used for weddings, business and government meetings, rallies, and other functions. In the late 1980s a decision was made to save the building, restore its ornate Victorian interior, and rebuild the clock tower. In the 1950s the theater was closed and fell into ruin. From 1910 to the late 1920s, it also served as a movie theater. During the next 50 years, the Opera House was used for plays, political rallies, temperance speeches, boxing and wrestling matches, high school graduations, and class plays. It opened on Februwith Ullie Akerstrom's comic play, The Doctor's Warm Reception. The Stoughton Opera House was originally known as the City Auditorium.
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