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The Chautauqua Park auditorium is shown in this contact print labeled “The Auditorium, 140×280 feet”. The structure is actually an open sided pavilion covered by a roof supported with upright timbers. The unusual multi-sided tower creates a pinnacle for the facility and probably serves as a park landmark when seen from a distance. A number of rowing enthusiasts have positioned their row boats near the water’s edge while other men and women are arriving by horse and buggy, most likely to attend a lecture in this public building. The Christian Park Assembly Association was incorporated in early 1889 and by 1892 had created a sixty-seven acre park located at the north end of Nye Avenue. The park included various buildings and a man-made lake as well as a sheltered plunge bath and an auditorium.
This image is owned by the Dodge County Historical Society, and published by Keene Memorial Library. Both are located in Fremont, Nebraska, and they worked as partners to digitize and describe content owned by the historical society. The collection of photographs documents life in Fremont in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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