1893 - Catron Opera House - West Plains, Mo.
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N 36° 43.681 W 091° 51.184
15S E 602413 N 4065314
This red brick two-story building is located at 36-37 Court Square in West Plains, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMKMXN
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2014
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From the National Register application: (please note that the address has changed)
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"1893.
A five-bay, two-story opera house building with two storefronts on the first floor and an auditorium on the second floor. This building is currently being rehabilitated. The facade of the building has three cast iron pilasters which delineate the two storefronts on the ground floor. On the second floor, brick pilasters delineate each bay. Both of the storefronts have been rehabilitated with tall wood framed storefront windows with transoms, recessed central entrance and cast iron columns. On the second floor of the facade, there are five, very tall windows with arched transoms. The three windows in the center bays are twice as wide as the windows in the outer bays. At the roofline, a cast iron cornice with brackets and a wide frieze runs along the front and side elevations. The word "Catron" and the date "1893" appear in the cornice above the center bay. The auditorium on the second floor has a flat floor, but the original raked floor is in place below the flat floor. The stage no longer exists, but the gallery is still in place and a stage is being reconstructed as part of the rehabilitation. Entrance to the second floor auditorium is through the adjacent building to the south.
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