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Photograph of Mt. Horeb Opera Block
Photograph by Jaknelaps, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Mt. Horeb Opera Block

Built in 1895 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“Horeb Opera Block is a massive 3-story Queen Anne-styled public venue built in 1895 in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”

Wikipedia article Mt. Horeb Opera Block, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 238 National Register listings published here for Dane County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1895, Romanesque Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 109--117 E. Main St., Mt. Horeb, 53572
  • When was it listed? February 1989
  • Category. building
  • Village. Mount Horeb village
  • When was it built? 1895
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture, Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 89000068 - 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Mt. Horeb Opera Block between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 were 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
25 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-2833
22 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19321
22 July 2005Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19250
8 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 May 2003Naturalunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesANDREWS LANE
7 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-1226

Every fire recorded in Dane County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Mt. Horeb Opera Block: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brighams MineLead, ZincUnknownGalena
General Silica Division PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Henderson Lime PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jensen QuarryStoneUnknown
Mickelson QuarryStoneUnknown
Reilly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ringgenberg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Swenson QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Dane 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
Hoff Department Storeunder 500 feet1989
Main Street Historic District0.1 miles2019
Herman B. and Anne Marie Dahle House0.2 miles2003
Henry L. and Sarah Dahle House0.3 miles2003
Mount Horeb Public School0.8 miles2010
Gonstead Clinic of Chiropractic0.9 miles2023

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000068 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dane CountyAll 238 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.