Theater – Kansas Preservation Alliance

Endangered:
Colonial Fox Theatre

Year(s) Listed: • 2007 • 2008 | City/Town: • Pittsburg

Opened in 1920 as the Colonial Theatre, this Italian Renaissance Revival Building features Beaux Arts details and is the only remaining theater in Crawford County from the `Movie Palace’ decade of the 1920’s. Prominent local builder, Asa Messenger modeled the building after a theater in Kansas City and local craftsmen produced the stone, steel and …

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Sedan Opera House

Year(s) Listed: • 2006 | City/Town: • Sedan

The 1904 Sedan Opera House was built on the ruins of the original 1885 Opera House which was destroyed by fire. The Opera House occupied the upper floor and the lower level was used originally for mercantile. The building has had multiple uses through time including a roller skating rink and an armory. The lower …

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Grainfield Opera House

Year(s) Listed: • 2005 | City/Town: • Grainfield

This 2-story brick structure has an ornate cast iron façade manufactured by Mesker Brothers of St. Louis. The 50’X 100’ building is located at the corner of 3rd and Main. Much of the exterior maintenance and repair has been completed but the small group of community volunteers has reached the point of needing more help to …

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Caldwell Opera House

Year(s) Listed: • 2004 | City/Town: • Caldwell

Nominated by Karen Sturm and the Caldwell Historical Society. The town of Caldwell is known as the “Border Queen” being near the Oklahoma state line, it was the first Kansas town cattle drovers came to on their way north. The Opera House is now owned by the Caldwell Historical Society and their goal is to …

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Strong City Opera House

Year(s) Listed: • 2000 | City/Town: • Strong City

Photo from Strong City Preservation Alliance One of the few true opera houses left in Kansas and the mid-west region. Unfortunately, the city has been forced to declare this structure a dangerous building and has advocated its demolition. However, recent interest in the building as a tourism destination may have encouraged the city to reconsider. …

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Conventional Hall

Year(s) Listed: • 1993 | City/Town: • Hutchinson

At the turn of the century, Huchinson was quickly growing. As the county seat, it was necessary that a convention center would need to be built to further business interests in the area. President Taft was invited to lay the cornerstone to the Convention Hall in 1911. The hall is actually built on a bridge …

Class: Theater