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Clem's Opera House

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
88000949

Built
  
c.1891

Added to NRHP
  
28 September 1988

Clem's Opera House

Location
  
Main and Post Sts., Gresham, Nebraska

Architectural style
  
Two-part commercial block

MPS
  
Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS

Clem's Opera House, at Main and Post Sts. in Gresham, Nebraska, is a building constructed in about 1891. It has also been denoted NeHBS #YK04-1 and OHBIN #03-01-02.

The opera house served as a venue for both touring and home-grown theatrical and musical performances, for lectures, and for movies. It also provided a location for community gatherings, including box socials, high-school commencements, farmer's institutes, and political-party meetings.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

Clem's Opera House Wikipedia