322 Norris Ave. - Constructed in 1909, the Temple Theatre was one of the biggest opera houses in Nebraska. It was a proud, two story theatre, with a Roman Arch and two balconies. It boasted a large stage and comfortable dressing rooms for traveling operas and vaudeville and minstrel shows from New York, Denver and Kansas City. For example, D.W. Griffith’s silent film, Birth of a Nation, featured a full orchestra with cannon when it played.  

In 1916, equipment was added to allow the showing of motion pictures. A fire gutted the building in 1948. When it was rebuilt, the building was converted to the air conditioned Bison Theater with office space on the first two floors and the Masonic Temple retained its space on the third floor. Later the building became all offices on the first two floors.