Guyer Opera House

	Guyer Opera House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Guyer Opera House, August 2011
Location	U.S. 40, Lewisville, Indiana
Coordinates	39°48′25″N 85°21′12″W / 39.80694°N 85.35333°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902
NRHP reference No.	79000018
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1979

Guyer Opera House, also known as Lewisville Public Hall, is a historic theater and commercial building located at Lewisville, Henry County, Indiana. It was built in 1902, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, brick building on a limestone foundation and a gable roof. The front facade features a large parapet and cast iron storefronts. The theater space is located on the second floor; it closed in 1942.^[2]^: 2–3

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

Built in 1901 and producing community theater in Henry County, Indiana since 1976, the Guyer Opera House is the only remaining gaslight-era theater and one of the most important historic buildings in Henry County.

It was discovered in 1969 after lying low for more than 20 years, and preservation efforts have continued ever since then. The Guyer operates as a non-profit community civic theater. All volunteers graciously donate their time and energy toward tasks like the upkeep of the building, production of shows in the upstairs auditorium and Aurora Studio Theatre downstairs. ^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Richard Willis (April 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Guyer Opera House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.
^ "About - Guyer Opera House". Guyer Opera House. Retrieved 2018-09-09.

This article about a property in Henry County, Indiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[SHAARD-2] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Richard Willis (April 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Guyer Opera House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.

[3] "About - Guyer Opera House". Guyer Opera House. Retrieved 2018-09-09.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion: Center Township Marion: Other Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush St. Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property