Onawa IOOF Opera House

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Onawa IOOF Opera House
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Location1023 Tenth Ave.
Onawa, Iowa
Coordinates 42°01′32.2″N96°05′48.7″W / 42.025611°N 96.096861°W / 42.025611; -96.096861
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
ArchitectW.E. Hodgin
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 90001194 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1990

The Onawa IOOF Opera House, also known as the Onawa Opera House, is a historic opera house located in Onawa, Iowa. It was completed in November, 1900, only to be heavily damaged in a fire a month later, on December 24, 1900. [2]

It has been deemed historically significant as the building most strongly associated Onawa's "strong tradition of live-stage entertainment" from the late 1880s to the mid-1920s, involving three structures. [2] :12

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Tracv Ann Cunning (May 31, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Qnawa IQOF Opera House / Qnawa Opera House". National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-06-28. with six photos from 1989