Plans for the new Rutland
Playhouse were ready and bids for construction to start in the summer
of 1913 had been issued. The following item from the Rutland Daily
Herald of June 11th 1913 identifies the contractor selected to build
the edifice.
The contract for the erection of the new opera house on Center Street
at the site formerly occupied by the Morse Livery Stable has been
let [granted] to Frederick H. Remington, the smallest of six offers
[lowest bid] to George T. Chaffee, owner of the building.
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