Community Theater (Newburg, Missouri)
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| Location | 117 First St., Newburg, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 37°54′52″N 91°54′5″W / 37.91444°N 91.90139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1919 |
| Built by | Burns, William Franklin |
| Architectural style | One part commercial block |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001134[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 2006 |
Community Theater, also known as the Lyric Theater, Newburg Theater, and Regional Opera Company, is a historic theatre building located at Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri. It was built in 1919, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building. It has a front gable roof behind a stepped parapet and segmental arched windows flanking the rounded arched central entrance. Until 1955, the building acted as a movie theater, lecture hall and stage for small plays and community events. More recently, the building has seen a rebirth as a theater for small stage productions.[2]: 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mary Agnes Hudson and Tiffany Patterson (August 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Community Theater" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 10 photographs from 2006)
