Opera House–Starnes Jewelers Building, also known as Starnes Jewelers and Opera House, is a historic commercial building located at Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a 2 1/2-story, Colonial Revival style brick building. It has a parapet-front standing-seam metal roof. About 1939, the first floor storefronts were remodeled and fitted with black Carrara glass panel facades and plate glass and chromium display windows and entrances in the Art Moderne style. The building's front was restored in 1990.[2]
Opera House–Starnes Jewelers Building | |
 Opera House–Starnes Jewelers Building, March 2007 | |
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| Location | 127-133 W. Main St., Albemarle, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°21′1″N 80°11′56″W / 35.35028°N 80.19889°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907-1908, 1939 |
| Built by | Moody, Locke Anderson |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000180[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 9, 1995 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] It is located in the Downtown Albemarle Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood (November 1994). "Opera House–Starnes Jewelers Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 1, 2015.