E.E. Warren Opera House Association
Award Type: Preservation Funds
Iowa
A copper turret graces the E.E. Warren Opera House. Photo courtesy of Barbara Mitchell.
Credit: Barbara Mitchell
A $50,000 grant from the Jeffris Heartland Fund will help the E.E. Warren Opera House Association in Greenfield, Iowa, make their restoration plans a reality. The grant will support completion of a Historic Structure Report, a comprehensive document that will guide rehabilitation efforts for the E. E. Warren Opera House. Built in 1896, the Opera House was also home to the Warren Department store and a two-story apartment for Mr. Warren and his wife Eva. The building’s beautiful copper turret overlooks Greenfield’s historic courthouse square. The Opera House Association envisions the building as home to a regional cultural arts center with educational programming, entertainment offerings, and retail businesses. Through the support of Main Street Iowa challenge grants, Empowering Adair County Foundation grants, community support, and other sources of funding, the Association has been working to restore the Opera House since 1996, when it was generously donated to Main Street Greenfield by Yvonne Schildberg and family.
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