1926 - Frazar Opera House - Eagle Lake, TX - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

The Frazar Opera House (101 E. Main St., 1896, 1926) had a second story until the building was destroyed by a fire in 1925. Pictures from the time show that the original building had two bays of three arched windows, each bay comprised of a larger center window flanked on each side by two shorter, narrower windows. A decorative cornice wrapped the entire building, and windows on the side of the structure were also arched (although much less omate). In 1926, the Lufkin firm of Walker & Atkinson managed the construction of a replacement building of one story on the same site. The new building has two bays, each with four original nine-light transom windows. Brick pilasters on either side and at the center of the storefront have no base and only a simple brick cap; they extend from the sidewalk and project above the parapet. The top of the parapet also includes a painted brick sign over each bay; these read "J.N. FRAZAR" and “1926". The brickwork on the parapet is common bond except for a soldier course directly above the transom windows and a large band of brick laid in a basketweave pattern. Below the wooden awning, the circa-1965 storefront is a metal-framed window wall with a double entry door on the right side.

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