Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House

United States historic place


Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House, November 2012
39°3′23″N 84°54′4″W / 39.05639°N 84.90111°W / 39.05639; -84.90111
Area	less than one acre
Built	1878 (1878)
Architect	Lindsay, Thomas
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	94001120^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1994

Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House, also known as the Grand Opera House, is a historic opera house located at Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was built in 1878, and is a three-story, Italianate style brick building. It measures 53 feet wide and 104 feet deep. The front facade features a cast iron storefront with pilasters with Corinthian order capitals.^[2]^: 5

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1] It is located in the Downtown Aurora Historic District.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Huntington (February 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House" (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.