[2][4] On July 1, 1970, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

[1] According to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism the theater has received the South Carolina Governor's Travel Award for Tourism and was designated as the Official Rural Drama State Theatre of South Carolina.

[6] At the turn of the 20th century there were many "road companies" producing shows in New York City.

For a number of years, Abbeville was an overnight stop for the entire touring company.

The grand old theatre now known as the Abbeville Opera House was a part of that splendid pair of buildings "equal in beauty of architecture and modern conveniences of any in the state," according to regional newspaper accounts of the day.