Complex sentence: The Krebs Opera House was re-built as a brick structure in 1903 after the first one was destroyed by fire the previous year and it and the St. Joseph's Catholic Church were the first brick buildings to go up in Krebs.
Split into simpler sentences: The Krebs Opera House was re-built as a brick structure in 1903 after the initial one was destroyed by fire the previous year. It and the St. Joseph's Catholic Church were the first brick buildings to go up in Krebs.