The Grand Opera House, designed by Seattle architect Edwin W. Houghton, opened at 213-217 Cherry Street in 1900. Owned by theater impresario John Cort, The Grand Opera House included a basement beer and variety hall in addition to the 2,278-seat theater. The building survived a fire in 1906, but was already suffering the effects of competition from opening of the Moore theater in 1907 and the Metropolitan theater in 1911 when it was gutted by fire in 1917. In 1923, the building was converted into a multi-level parking garage, which still stands as of 2018, with the theater's original facade in place.

This program for three early 1907 productions at the Grand Opera House has a illustration of the title character from the opera Madam Butterfly on its cover. In addition to the opera, the theater produced two musicals: "At Yale," a "play of college life," and "The Umpire," "a musical comedy in two acts." The program also includes numerous ads for Seattle businesses, and a centerfold promoting investment in the new Laurelhurst neighborhood.

Caption information source: Early History of Theatre in Seattle website at http://www.seattletheaterhistory.org/collections/theatres-places/grand-opera-house