The Grainfield Opera House, located at Main and 3rd Sts. in

Grainfield, Kansas Grainfield is a city in northern Gove County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 322. History Grainfield got its start in the year 1879 following construction of the railroad through that territory. ...

, was built in 1887. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1980. It was built by the Grainfield Town Company, a partnership that had taken ownership of the town area from the railroad. It is notable for its

Mesker Brothers The Mesker Brothers Iron Works and George L. Mesker & Co. were competing manufacturers and designers of ornamental sheet-metal facades and cast iron storefront components from the 1880s through the mid-twentieth century. The Mesker Brothers Ir ...

cast-iron storefront. The building served as a civic auditorium and community center for Grainfield; it also held several stores, including a harness store, a grocery store, and an auto repair shop. and

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Theatres completed in 1887 Buildings and structures in Gove County, Kansas Music venues completed in 1887 National Register of Historic Places in Gove County, Kansas Opera houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub