Paul Bunyan Playhouse
314 Beltrami Avenue,
Bemidji,
MN
56601
314 Beltrami Avenue,
Bemidji,
MN
56601
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here is a link to the current website: http://www.thechieftheater.com/index.html
David Gebhard and Tom Martinson’s Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota says that the Chief Theatre was designed by Liebenberg & Kaplan, and built in 1937. The finding aid to the Liebenberg & Kaplan papers at the University of Minnesota Libraries lists the Chief as a 1937-38 project. The style of the building is streamline modern.
opened in 1940 with seating listed at that time of 715.
1984 photo of the Chief Theatre.
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1984 Evening photo of the Chief Theatre.
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Here is a recent close-up view.