Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block

Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block
Location 156 Public Sq.
Greenfield, Iowa
Coordinates 41°18′17.8″N 94°27′36.7″W / 41.304944°N 94.460194°W / 41.304944; -94.460194Coordinates: 41°18′17.8″N 94°27′36.7″W / 41.304944°N 94.460194°W / 41.304944; -94.460194
Area less than one acre
Built 1896
Architect C.E. Bell
F. Kent
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
Part of Greenfield Public Square Historic District (#14000623)
NRHP Reference # 79000880[1]
Added to NRHP October 18, 1979

The Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block are historic buildings located in Greenfield, Iowa, United States. They are both 2½-story brick structures. The Opera House block, originally owned by E.E. Warren, is located on the corner and features a corner turret. It housed Warren's dry goods store and a theatre. The adjacent commercial block was originally owned by John J. Heatherington, and is similar in style to the Opera House block. Both buildings feature facades with a tripartite arrangement and center frontispieces that project slightly forward, a broad rock-faced beltcourse that runs above the second floor windows, a narrow metal cornice, and a brick parapet with finials. The Opera House's parapet has a triangular pediment with "Opera House" on a rectangular base, and the Hetherington Block has a similar feature in a simplified form.[2] The buildings were listed togther on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In 2014 they were included as a contributing property in the Greenfield Public Square Historic District.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. M.H. Bowers. "Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-07. with photos
  3. Molly Meyers Naumann. "Greenfield Public Square Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-07.


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