Middle West Hotel, also known as Grand Opera House and Webb City Opera House, is a historic

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building located at Webb City,

Jasper County, Missouri Jasper County is located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,761. Its county seat is Carthage, and its largest city is Joplin. The county was organized in 1841 and named for W ...

. It was built in 1883, and housed an

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. It was remodeled to its present form in 1902, and is a three-story, brick commercial building with brick corner

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s and

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trim. (includes 10 photographs from 1982) It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1982. It is located in the Downtown Webb City Historic District.

References

Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Hotel buildings completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Joplin, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Jasper County, Missouri Webb City, Missouri {{JasperCountyMO-NRHP-stub