Here is a real photo postcard of the Opera House at Louisville, NE around 1911. A sturdy structure which was probably constructed of native stone quarried from the area. Above the front doors it reads "City Hall 1911". I have been in Louisville a number of times in the last 10 years but can say I noticed the building and do not know if it is still there. Louisville is located in Cass County in Southesast, NE. Communities in Cass County are: Alvo Avoca Cedar Creek Eagle Elmwood Greenwood Louisville Manley Murdock Murray Nehawka Plattsmouth South Bend Union and Weeping Water .
It wasn't unusual for a commercial building to have an opera house on the upper floor of the building. I once had a postcard that I really enjoyed showing the opera house at Lodgepole, NE, in the Western part of the State. The building was an auto garage on the main floor with the opera house above. The false front building constructed by Frank Isenberger was also built in 1911 and still stands today. It is listed on the Nebraska National Register of Historic Places and looks almost as it did in the old photo that I once had. The postcard showed large letters across the top of the step-up facade which read "LODGEPOLE OPERA HOUSE". It then had "GARAGE" above the large doors on the main floor. You can see a view of the building from when the building was added to the NSHS website for the National Register here.
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