Opera House-Starnes Jewelers Building

127--133 W. Main St., Albemarle, North Carolina. County/parish: Stanly.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 09, 1995. NRIS 95000180.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Opera House–Starnes Jewelers Building

Opera House–Starnes Jewelers Building, also known as Starnes Jewelers and Opera House, is a historic commercial building located at Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival-style brick building. It has a parapet-front standing-seam metal roof. In 1939, the first floor storefronts were remodeled and fitted with black Carrara glass panel facades, plate glass, and chromium display windows and entrances in the Art Moderne style. The building's front was restored in 1990.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located in the Downtown Albemarle Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722254