Auditorium

From an Article titled “Lost Stillwater” Another outstanding building in downtown Stillwater that is no more was the AuditoriumTheatre on South Second Street.The plans for the Auditorium were drawn by the firm of Kinney & Detweiler ofMinneapolis and the local construction firm of O.H. Olsen was the company to build it.The grand opening of the Auditorium took place on January 27, 1906 when the comedy play of “Piff, Paff, Pouf” took the stage. In 1919 the first motion picture was shown at the Auditorium. It was a 10-reel version of “Shepherd of the Hills,” and from then on movies could be seen at the theatre. During July 1939, the theatre was closed for two days while a new sound system was installed. As time went on, the building began to show its age. By the early 1970s, structural problems along with declining attendance made it hard to keep the building open. Though many people tried very hard to keep the Auditorium going [there was even a plan to makeit into an evangelism center] the condition of the building made its closing inevitable. The headline of the November 10, 1976 issue of the Stillwater Gazette said it all: “Auditorium Theatre to be Razed.” The Battle Wrecking Company of Minneapolis was to begin demolition of the building on November 13 and be completed by the week of November 28th

From what I found the Auditorium opened in 1935 and closed in 1956.