Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building
National Register of Historic Places

Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Listed
June 10, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000752

About this property

The Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building in Lexington, Kentucky, are adjacent buildings listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and they are contributing resources in the North Broadway-Short Street Historic District. The 3-story Lexington Opera House was designed by Oscar Cobb and constructed by Herman L. Rowe in 1886 after a fire earlier that year destroyed Lexington's previous opera house. The Opera House has been described either as Gothic Revival or Queen Anne in its facade. Above the third floor, the facade features a prominent sheet iron relief decoration with the appearance of cut stone. The 3-story Yates Bookshop Building was constructed about two years after an 1873 fire destroyed the Broadway Hotel. The Italianate building was part of a row of buildings completed after the fire, one of only a few of the buildings to survive urban renewal in the 20th century.

Location

141 and 145 N. Broadway
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
38.05016, -84.49876

Categories

COMMERCEARCHITECTUREPERFORMING ARTS
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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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When was Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building listed on the National Register?

Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building?

Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1886.

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