Steyer Opera House, Decorah

Name: Steyer Opera House
Address: Decorah, United States

#6 among attractions in Decorah

Concerts and shows, Opera, Theater

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Steyer Opera House is a historic building located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The three-story, brick commercial block was designed by F.G. Brant of Dubuque. Its original owner and namesake was Joseph Steyer, who emigrated from Luxembourg in 1852 and settled in Decorah in 1865. The building was built in 1870 and an additional three bays were added to the east side in 1875. The first floor houses retail space, the second floor historically housed apartments, and the auditorium is on the third floor. The walls and ceiling are covered with tin that is pressed in a variety of decorative patterns. Doorways flank the proscenium. They are framed by paneled pilasters and capped with a broad architrave. The balcony that rings the main floor on three sides of the auditorium was part of the 1875 renovation of the building. It is now part of the neighboring Hotel Winneshiek. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2017 it was included as a contributing property in the Decorah Commercial Historic District. ()

Built: 1870 (154 years ago)Coordinates: 43°18'16"N, 91°47'10"W

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Steyer Opera House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Porter House Museum, Winneshiek County Courthouse, Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve.

~1430 ftW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah
7 min walk • Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa is the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School, with over 33,000 artifacts, 12 historic buildings, and a library and archives.
~1230 ftSW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Porter House Museum, Decorah
6 min walk • The Porter House Museum is a house and museum in Decorah, Iowa. It was the home of Adelbert Field Porter and his wife, Grace Young Porter, as well as Grace's mother and father, until their deaths. On August 6, 1975, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
~770 ftSW
Tower
Winneshiek County Courthouse, Decorah
4 min walk • The Winneshiek County Courthouse is located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. It is the second building used for court functions in Winneshiek County. The courthouse was included as a contributing property in the Broadway-Phelps Park Historic District in 1976.
0.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve, Decorah
12 min walk • Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve has one of the largest ice caves in the Midwestern United States. It consists of a 3-acre parcel of land at the edge of Barbara Barnhart VanPeenen Memorial Park in the northern portion of the city of Decorah, in Winnesheik County, Iowa.
~1570 ftW
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Norris Miller House, Decorah
8 min walk • The Norris Miller House, also known as The Stovewood House, is a historic residence located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The 1½-story frame house features a vernacular Classical cornice, symmetrical plan, a gable roof, and a limestone basement.
~1700 ftW
Museum
Painter-Bernatz Mill, Decorah
9 min walk • Painter-Bernatz Mill, also known as the Old Stone Mill, is a historic building located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The original part of the mill was constructed by William Painter in 1851, and it was expanded to its present size in the next year or two.
~450 ftW
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture
Decorah Commercial Historic District, Decorah
3 min walk • The Decorah Commercial Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
0.5 miSW
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture
Broadway–Phelps Park Historic District, Decorah
12 min walk • The Broadway–Phelps Park Historic District is located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The original boundaries of the historic district is composed of seven blocks of a residential area and the city's oldest park. It is located on a prominent hill in the heart of Decorah.

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Nearby attractions include Decorah Commercial Historic District, Decorah (3 min walk), Winneshiek County Courthouse, Decorah (4 min walk), Porter House Museum, Decorah (6 min walk), Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah (7 min walk).