Built 1899 Opened 1899 Architecture firm Omeyer & Thori | NRHP Reference # 75000690 Phone +1 641-648-0099 Added to NRHP 20 February 1975 | |
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Address 515 Washington Ave, Iowa Falls, IA 50126, USA Similar Princess Sweet Shop, Washington Avenue Bridge, United States Post Office, Former Eldora Public Lib, Alden Public Library | ||
The Metropolitan Opera House (MOH) is an historic opera house in Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was included as a contributing property in the Washington Avenue Commercial Historic District in 2012.
The Metropolitan Opera House opened with its first performance on December 27, 1899 with an audience numbering over 800, later proclaimed as the "biggest social event in the history of Iowa Falls." The house hosted notable artists including Otis Skinner, Walker Whiteside and John Philip Sousa and his band. Between 1930–54, the house presented films and served as a venue for concerts and drama and dance productions of Ellsworth College and Iowa Falls High School. The theatre was purchased by John P. Whitesell of Iowa Falls in June 2013 and reopened after an upgrade to digital projectors.
Oscar-nominated actor Hugh Jackman appeared at The Met's grand re-opening with his family on September 20, 2013. He introduced two of his films — Prisoners and The Wolverine.