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Oscar Cobb was born in 1842 in Maine, United States.
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Early in his youth he began work as a carpenter, making plans of various types of buildings, schools, churches, stores and private homes, while in his leisure he devoted his time to the study of architecture.
Shortly after the great fire of 1871 in Chicago, Mr. Cobb moved to that city, and opened an office to practice the profession he had chosen. In 1873 he began to plan and build theatres, and for many years was known as a specialist in that work. The most important of these buildings were; the old Academy of Music, the Criterion Theatre, the Windsor, Bijou, Columbia, Star, and the Calumet.
He also designed a number of the more pretentious Grand Opera Houses built in many different cities, including: the Wyeth at Syracuse, New York; Grand Opera House, St. Paul, Minn.; Pierce Grand Opera House, Minneapolis; and Grand Opera House, 1885, St. Louis.
