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Photograph of Z.C.B.J. Opera House
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Z.C.B.J. Opera House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“Opera House is a building in Verdigre, Nebraska, United States, that was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”

Wikipedia article Z.C.B.J. Opera House (Verdigre, Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Fourth Ave. and Main, Verdigre, 68783
  • When was it listed? July 1988
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS
  • Township. Verdigre township
  • Architectural style. baroque architecture
  • National Register reference number. 88000946 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

16 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Z.C.B.J. Opera House between 2003 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2009Debris and open burning4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2020Natural2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 May 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 May 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Storms near this property

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verdigre, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 36 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000HailVerdigre$50,000Damage to vehicles and roofs.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindVerdigre$6,000Many trees and power lines downed.
June 2024HailVerdigre-The office received a report of golf ball sized hail from a trained spotter.
June 2024HailVerdigre-The office received a report of golf ball sized hail in Verdigre from a public source.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-Public reported a horse barn and garage destroyed from wind gusts.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-Emergency manager reported a tree down on a power line along Highway 14.
August 2021HailVerdigre-Public reported tennis ball sized hail.
August 2021HailVerdigre-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail in Verdigre.
March 2019FloodVerdigre-An NWS flood survey showed water depths in portions of town reach 1 to 3 feet. The flooding most affected the east portions of town, closest to the Verdigree Creek. Farm homes were flooded out. One was a fifth generation farm home. Property damage amounts for the entire county are in the Niobrara River flood entry.
September 2019HailVerdigre-The public reported penny size hail.
August 2017HailVerdigre-Quarter size hail fell east of Verdigre.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-The public reported that large healthy trees were blown down.
July 2015HailVerdigre-Winds were also estimated at 50 mph.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Verdigre-A brief tornado touched down in open field and caused no apparent damage.
April 2012HailVerdigre-The hail was mostly pea-size but a few up to penny-size were observed.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-Thunderstorm winds that were estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by small hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph caused tree and other damage from around 16 miles west of Verdigre into Verdigre. Sixteen KV transmission lines/poles were downed 16 miles west of Verdigre causing loss of power in several surrounding towns for around 3 hours, with trees or large tree limbs downed from that location into Verdigre.
May 2008Flash FloodVerdigre-Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches caused flash flooding along sections of Verdigre Creek near Verdigre. A local park was flooded and the road leading into it was washed out. Farm fields and county roads were also flooded in the area.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a 1 foot in diameter tree.
September 2006HailVerdigre-Hail covered the ground.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph flipped and twisted a center pivot northwest of Verdigre.
June 2005HailVerdigre-The hail was accompanied by 30 to 40 mph and very heavy rain.
June 2005Flash FloodVerdigre-Thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain over parts of Knox county, especially near and southwest of Verdigre and rainfall of 4 to 5 inches was reported at a few locations. The heavy rain washed out a bridge southwest of Verdigre and also washed a culvert several hundred yards downstream.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Verdigre-A brief tornado was observed by a trained spotter in far southwestern Knox county. Before the touchdown, the storm produced several funnel cloud reports as it tracked south along the Holt and Knox county line. The tornado did little or no apparent damage.
July 2003HailVerdigre-The golfball size hail was accompanied by "strong winds and very heavy rain" according to a law enforcement official.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-The winds broke large trees around Verdigre.
August 2000LightningVerdigre-Lightning strikes caused several small grass fires near Verdigre.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Verdigre-Brief touchdown.
July 2015HailVerdigre-no account filed
August 2013HailVerdigre-no account filed
September 2010HailVerdigre-no account filed
May 2009HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2008HailVerdigre-no account filed
April 2005HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2005HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2005HailVerdigre-no account filed
May 2004HailVerdigre-no account filed
May 2004HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2004HailVerdigre-no account filed
May 2003HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2002HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2002HailVerdigre-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-no account filed
August 2002HailVerdigre-no account filed
July 2002HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2000HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 2000HailVerdigre-no account filed
May 1999HailVerdigre-no account filed
July 1999HailVerdigre-no account filed
September 1998HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 1998HailVerdigre-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindVerdigre-no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Verdigre-no account filed
October 1996Tornado (F0)Verdigre-no account filed
August 1996HailVerdigre-no account filed
June 1994HailVerdigre-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Commercial Hotel, The0.2 miles1990
Gross State Aid Bridge4.0 miles1992
Winnetoon Jail6.8 miles1995
Winnetoon Public School6.8 miles2020
Episcopal Church7.9 miles1972
Knox County Courthouse8.0 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000946 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Knox CountyAll 14 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.