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Webster St & 12th St
Oakland CA

	Record #25731
Opened: 1873 Closed: 1905 Demolished: 1911	Capacity: Architect(s): Architectural Style(s): National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As: Brayton Hall, Peoples

Information for this tour was contributed by Jack Tillmany.

Dietz Opera House (officially Oakland's first theatre) was located on the NE corner of Webster & Central (Central became 12th St.) Opened September 1873; formerly had been University of California Brayton Hall; renamed People's (#2) 12 September 1902. Last Year of Operation 1905; burned 1911.

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Last featured 9/17/2005. Last edited 5/1/2020.

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