Oscar Cobb was an American architect of theaters and more. Several of his works are listed on the U.S.

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Works

Works (with variations in attribution) include: * DuPont-Whitehouse House, built in 1875 and 1876 by Oscar Cobb & Co.; designated a Chicago Landmark in 1996. *

Sioux City Municipal Auditorium The Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, known as the Long Lines Family Recreation Center for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose facility in Sioux City, Iowa. The fifth in a line of major indoor venues built in Sioux City, it was designed by Kn ...

, designed by architects James W. Martin and Oscar Cobb in Romanesque Revival style *

Fox Theater Fox Theatre or Fox Theater or Fox Theater Building may refer to: U.S. * Fox Tucson Theatre (Tucson, Arizona) *Fox Theater (Bakersfield, California) * Fox Theatre (Fullerton, California) * Fox Theater, Westwood Village (Los Angeles, California) * Fo ...

, 1116-1128 Main St., Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Cobb,Oscar), NRHP-listed * Masonic Temple Building, 36-42 N. Fourth St.,

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(Cobb,Oscar & Son), NRHP-listed * Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building, 141 and 145 N. Broadway,

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(Cobb,Oscar), NRHP-listed * Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building and Madison Theater, 36 Park Ave., W.,

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(Cobb,Oscar), NRHP-listed *

Lexington Opera House The Lexington Opera House is a theatre located at 401 West Short Street in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. Built in 1886, the Opera House replaced the former theatre, located on the corner of Main and Broadway, after fire destroyed it in January 1 ...

*Cincinnati Shubert theater *One or more works in Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District, roughly Main St. from Strongs Ave. to Second St.,

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(Cobb,Oscar), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Wellington Historic District, irregular pattern along Main St. from Kelley St. to W and L E RR Wellington, Ohio (Cobb,Oscar), NRHP-listed Wellington Town Hall (1885, National Register) *A grand opera house in

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with *A grand opera house in St. Paul, Minnesota *A grand opera house in

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* Grand Opera House (1885),

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* Grand Opera House (1893),

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