Germania Hall

1316 1st Avenue N,
Denison, IA 51442

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SethG
SethG on October 23, 2024 at 10:22 am

By the way, if you can find a movie date at the Germania from 1908 or before, I will create a listing for the first location.

SethG
SethG on October 23, 2024 at 10:20 am

It certainly could be the same building. I think the facade is new. I’m not even sure it’s possible to plaster over metal. Sometimes local knowledge is spot-on, sometimes it’s bunk. It would make sense that they moved it, although the appearance of the building on the 1913 map is different.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 23, 2024 at 9:32 am

Here is a photo at Flickr. A comment by a local says the building was built as “…a German opera house….” on the site of the current post office and later moved to this lot, after which a new façade was built for it. It looks plastered to me, but I suppose it could be painted metal. The building is now shared by the Masonic lodge and a martial arts studio.

SethG
SethG on October 20, 2024 at 2:49 pm

Note that the historical address was 112-114 E Tremont, before the streets were renamed to a boring numbered grid.