Built 1893 NRHP Reference # 88000952 Area 3,642 m² | Architect Cox, James M. Opened 1893 Added to NRHP 28 September 1988 | |
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Architectural style Two-part commercial block MPS Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS | ||
The IOOF Opera House in Hampton, Nebraska is a 40 feet (12 m) by 65 feet (20 m) building that was built in 1893. In 1988, when it was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places, it was the only two-story building in the retail business area of Hampton.
It was deemed significant at the state level in the areas of the performing arts; entertainment/recreation; and social history, as a well-preserved example of an opera house building in Nebraska.
Its decline was partly due to the fact that Aurora, Nebraska, 6 miles away, and Grand Island, Nebraska, 26 miles away, offered more entertainment choices to car-owning residents.
It is a "two-part commercial block" building that served historically as a meeting hall, as a theater, as a specialty store, as a music facility, and as a financial institution. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.