Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block

The Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block are historic buildings located in Greenfield, Iowa, United States. They are both 2½-story brick structures. The Opera House block, originally owned by E.E. Warren, is located on the corner and features a corner turret. It housed Warren's dry goods store and a theatre. The adjacent commercial block was originally owned by John J. Heatherington, and is similar in style to the Opera House block. Both buildings feature facades with a tripartite arrangement and center frontispieces that project slightly forward, a broad rock-faced beltcourse that runs above the second floor windows, a narrow metal cornice, and a brick parapet with finials. The Opera House's parapet has a triangular pediment with "Opera House" on a rectangular base, and the Hetherington Block has a similar feature in a simplified form.[2] The buildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In 2014 they were included as a contributing property in the Greenfield Public Square Historic District.[3]

Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block
Location156 Public Sq.
Greenfield, Iowa
Coordinates41°18′17.8″N 94°27′36.7″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
ArchitectC.E. Bell
F. Kent
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
Part ofGreenfield Public Square Historic District (ID14000623)
NRHP reference No.79000880[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1979

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. M.H. Bowers. "Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-07. with photos
  3. Molly Meyers Naumann. "Greenfield Public Square Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-07.


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