The opera house, which once stood at the corner of 3rd and Rusk (present-day Commerce St), was abandoned in 1908. The space next door, once occupied by the Lucore & Ward photography studio, is now the site of the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium, located inside the historic Knights of Pythias building which was erected in 1901. On the day we visited, there was a private event taking place on the inside.
The Main Street studio, possibly operated concurrently with or immediately after the one on 3rd Street, occupied the location where today the Little Red Wasp Kitchen & Bar sits. On the inside is a moderately priced bar with a full drink menu. It's doubtful that either the owner(s) or employees are aware of the site's historical significance.
One block south of the Main Street studio stood B.J. Lucore's wood and coal yard at 916 Main. Today the location is mostly empty, but the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in October 1922 was aware enough of its former significance to run an old photo of the yard as it appeared in 1890.
Emma Lucore's third and final Fort Worth studio stood near the intersection of Throckmorton and W. 9th, two blocks to the west of Main Street and two blocks away from the old post office which stood at Jennings Avenue and 11th Street. Exactly where is hard to determine; below is the general area as it appears in 2025, facing toward the south.
(Courtesy of the Fort Worth History Center, Fort Worth Public Library. Historic Photograph Collection, A-0006)
