


The church and the developer came to an agreement on a $45-million renovation for a live music venue that was inaugurated in 2018. Mark Hatcher in 1996 who used the ground floor for the Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival Center. The building was threatened by demolition when it was purchased by Rev. In the late 1990s, church membership decreased and the building was vacated. It finally closed in 1954 and was turned into a church but continued to host the Philadelphia Orchestra for recordings before being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In the late 1930s it became a ballroom, and in the 1940s a sports arena for basketball, wrestling, and boxing events. Through the 1920s, it showed silent films in addition to hosting various opera companies. In 1910, it was sold to the Metropolitan Opera of New York City and was renamed the Met. The Philadelphia Opera House was designed for opera impresario Oscar Hammerstein as his ninth opera house. McElfatrick, who presided over the design of 40 theatres in his career. Originally inaugurated as the Philadelphia Opera House in 1908, it was designed by local architect William H.
