Onawa IOOF Opera House
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Onawa IOOF Opera House
| nrhp_type =
| image =ONAWA IOOF OPERA HOUSE, MONONA COUNTY, IOWA.JPG
| caption =
| location= 1023 Tenth Ave.
Onawa, Iowa
| coordinates = {{coord|42|01|32.2|N|96|05|48.7|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
| built = 1900
| architect = W.E. Hodgin
| architecture = Romanesque Revival
| added = August 3, 1990
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 90001194{{NRISref|2009a}}
}}
The Onawa IOOF Opera House, also known as the Onawa Opera House, is a historic opera house located in Onawa, Iowa. It was completed in November, 1900, only to be heavily damaged in a fire a month later, on December 24, 1900.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=90001194}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Qnawa IQOF Opera House / Qnawa Opera House |publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-06-28 |author=Tracv Ann Cunning |date=May 31, 1990}} with {{NRHP url|id=90001194|photos=y|title=six photos from 1989}}
It has been deemed historically significant as the building most strongly associated Onawa's "strong tradition of live-stage entertainment" from the late 1880s to the mid-1920s, involving three structures.{{rp|12}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{NRHP in Monona County, Iowa}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Monona County, Iowa
Category:Odd Fellows buildings in Iowa
Category:Theatres completed in 1900
Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Iowa
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Monona County, Iowa
Category:Opera houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
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