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Great Southern Hotel & Theatre

Columbus, US

Great Southern Hotel & Theatre

The Great Southern Hotel & Theatre is a historic hotel and theater building in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, that operates as the Westin Great Southern Columbus and the Southern Theatre. It opened on September 21, 1896 and is the oldest surviving theater in Central Ohio and one of the oldest in the state

of Ohio. The Southern Theatre is currently owned and operated as a home for live concerts, plays and opera by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA). CAPA also manages several other venues in Columbus including the Ohio, the Palace, and the Lincoln Theatres. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1982. It was also included in the South High Commercial Historic District, added to those registers in 1983 and 1987, respectively.

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