Taylorville Chautauqua Auditorium
The Taylorville Chautauqua Auditorium is a Chautauqua auditorium located in Manners Park in Taylorville, Illinois. The auditorium was built in 1916 to house Chautauqua assemblies in Taylorville. Chautauqua was an adult educational movement which sent lecturers, educators, and musicians to assemblies in towns throughout the country during the early 20th century. In Taylorville, Chautauqua assemblies met eight days each year from 1914 through 1928. Lecturers and entertainers who came to the Chautauqua in Taylorville include William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, Billy Sunday, Irvin S. Cobb, Alvin York, Harry Lauder, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Taylorville Chautauqua Auditorium
The Taylorville Chautauqua Auditorium is a Chautauqua auditorium located in Manners Park in Taylorville, Illinois. The auditorium was built in 1916 to house Chautauqua assemblies in Taylorville. Chautauqua was an adult educational movement which sent lecturers, educators, and musicians to assemblies in towns throughout the country during the early 20th century. In Taylorville, Chautauqua assemblies met eight days each year from 1914 through 1928. Lecturers and entertainers who came to the Chautauqua in Taylorville include William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, Billy Sunday, Irvin S. Cobb, Alvin York, Harry Lauder, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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The Taylorville Chautauqua Aud ...... he Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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