Oscar Cobb

Last updated June 23, 2025

Oscar Cobb (1842-1908) was an American architect of theaters and more. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Works

Works (with variations in attribution) include:

DuPont-Whitehouse House, built in 1875 and 1876 by Oscar Cobb & Co.; designated a Chicago Landmark in 1996.
Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, designed by architects James W. Martin and Oscar Cobb in Romanesque Revival style
Fox Theater, 1116–1128 Main St., Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Cobb, Oscar), NRHP-listed^[1]
Masonic Temple Building, 36–42 N. Fourth St., Zanesville, Ohio (Cobb, Oscar & Son), NRHP-listed^[1]
Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building, 141 and 145 N. Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky (Cobb, Oscar), NRHP-listed^[1]
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building and Madison Theater, 36 Park Ave., W., Mansfield, Ohio (Cobb, Oscar), NRHP-listed^[1]
Lexington Opera House ^[2]
Cincinnati Shubert theater^[2]
One or more works in Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District, roughly Main St. from Strongs Ave. to Second St., Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Cobb, Oscar), NRHP-listed^[1]
One or more works in Wellington Historic District, irregular pattern along Main St. from Kelley St. to W and L E RR Wellington, Ohio (Cobb, Oscar), NRHP-listed^[1] Wellington Town Hall (1885, National Register)
A grand opera house in Syracuse, New York ^[3]
A grand opera house in St. Paul, Minnesota ^[3]
A grand opera house in Minneapolis, Minnesota ^[3]
Grand Opera House (1885), St. Louis ^[3]
Grand Opera House (1893), Ashland, Wisconsin ^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
1 2 "History :: About Us :: Lexington Opera House". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
1 2 3 4 Jeaneatte L. Sanders (March 26, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grand Opera House / Fox Theater". National Park Service . Retrieved January 18, 2017. with two photos from 1982
↑ Steve Sennott (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West Second Street Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved March 19, 2017.

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[nris-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[lexoperaaboutus-2] 1 2 "History :: About Us :: Lexington Opera House". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-20.

[nrhpdoc-Sanders-3] 1 2 3 4 Jeaneatte L. Sanders (March 26, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grand Opera House / Fox Theater". National Park Service . Retrieved January 18, 2017. with two photos from 1982

[nrhpdoc-4] Steve Sennott (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West Second Street Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved March 19, 2017.

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