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Fort Peck Theatre
Fort Peck Theatre is located in Montana
Fort Peck Theatre
Fort Peck Theatre is located in the United States
Fort Peck Theatre
LocationMissouri Ave.
Fort Peck, Montana
Coordinates48°0′27″N 106°27′0″W / 48.00750°N 106.45000°W / 48.00750; -106.45000
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1934
Built byEugene Frank Gilstrap / C.F. Haglin Co.
Architectural styleSwiss Chalet
NRHP reference No.83001077[1]
Added to NRHPJune 27, 1983

The Fort Peck Theatre was built as a temporary structure in 1934 in Fort Peck, Montana to serve as a movie theatre. It is also known as the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The theater was designed in a pseudo-Swiss-chalet style as an amenity for the 50,000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers and their families at the Fort Peck Dam project. The interior features open-truss wood construction, with handcrafted light fixtures fabricated in Corps of Engineers workshops. The theater survived to become a permanent facility, and in 2008 was in use as a community theater.[2]

The building includes a stage, a 1209-seat auditorium, a lounge, a foyer, a lobby, a manager's office, and four dressing rooms. It was designed and/or built by Eugene Frank Gilstrap and the C.F. Haglin Co.[3]

Its NRHP nomination compares it to the architecturally significant Timberline Lodge in Oregon.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "History". Fort Peck Summer Theatre. October 30, 2008. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Jack W. Nickels Jr. and Mary Moore (June 26, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Peck Theatre / Fort Peck Summer Theatre". National Park Service. Retrieved July 10, 2017. With 11 photos from 1972 and two from 1985.


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