511 Second St., Friend, Nebraska. County/parish: Saline.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 28, 1988. NRIS 88000945.
Part of Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS (NRIS 64500391).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Warren's Opera House is a historic building in Friend, Nebraska. It was built by John Lanahan for Joshua Warren, a wealthy Canadian grain merchant, in 1885–1886. Inside, there is an auditorium with a proscenium and a balcony supported by four columns. It hosted performances by "touring stock companies; comic opera; companies; musical concerts; dialect comedies" as well as local performers and Memorial Day celebrations. The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 28, 1988.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73919860