Opera Hall Block, also known as the Farmers State Bank and Citizens National Bank Building, is a historic

opera house An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera. It usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets. While some venues are constructed specifically for o ...

and commercial block located at King City, Gentry County, Missouri. It was built in 1895, and is a -story, rectangular,

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

style brick building. It measures 50 feet by 110 feet, and features a corner

oriel window An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. Supported by corbels, bracket (architecture), brackets, or similar cantilevers, an oriel window is most commonly found pro ...

. (includes 18 photographs from 2001) 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 2002.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Romanesque Revival architecture in Missouri Commercial buildings completed in 1901 Buildings and structures in Gentry County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Gentry County, Missouri {{GentryCountyMO-NRHP-stub