Onawa IOOF Opera House

1023 Tenth Ave., Onawa, Iowa. County/parish: Monona.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 03, 1990. NRIS 90001194.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Onawa Opera House

From Wikipedia:

Onawa IOOF Opera House

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.

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.: 12 

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75339617

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