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Historic Elwood Opera House Elwood,
IN

The Elwood Opera House was
constructed in 1887 in Elwood, Indiana. The building
has served as home to several different
organizations. It was used as an opera house
until 1905, when the Opera Prior to the
Masons' purchase of the building and interior
reconstruction, the building consisted
of five separate areas at street level, and was
home to a variety of retail businesses.
The second floor had three professional business
offices. The opera house was on
the second and third floors of the building. The Masons
remodeled a room, called the Blue Room,
for ritualistic ceremonies. This room remains in
the Elwood
Opera House today, along with the original
carpeting.
Columbus Ghost Trackers conducted a
paranormal investigation of the Elwood Opera House on
June 27, 2009. Several team members encountered personal
experiences while in the building,
including: seeing shadow people, two apparitions, opening
and closing of French doors leading to the outside
balcony, and a strong paranormal sensation in a particular
area of the building.
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