Gem Theatre
130 Main Street,
Pioche,
NV
89043
130 Main Street,
Pioche,
NV
89043
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Located on Highway 93, this one time boom town for mining had a population of 27,000 in the late 1920’s.
Today’s population has dwindled to about 900 according to the folks at the local gas station.
The Gem has survived all of these years. It’s a wooden structure just off the main street(business 93). This is quite an interesting town if you are into old ghost/mining areas!
Sadly, the Gem Theatre was closed in 2002, it was an independently operated, second-run movie theatre.
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Mark Gulbrandsen
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There is a Gem Theater listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Unless there was another Gem Theater located in Pioche, it must be this one.
NEVADA – Lincoln County – Vacant / Not In Use
Brown’s Hall-Thompson’s Opera House ** (added 1984 – Building – #84002074)
Also known as Gem Theater
Lincoln County – N. Main St., Pioche
(less then 1 acres, 1 building)
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Brown,Aleck
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
Here is a 2006 photo of the Gem Theater in Pioche.
This theater appears to be closed. Another recent photo can be seen here.
The Gem has been closed for over 4 years, due to a bad wind storm. The 2 brothers who own it, can’t decide on when or why to reopen it! We’re stuck here with out any theater.. Nice..NOT
This is another photo of the Gem Theater.
Here is a 2008 photo. It still looks closed. The status should be changed accordingly.
Here is another photo from 2008 or thereabouts:
http://tinyurl.com/y8n85qw
2010 photo of the Gem Theatre.
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The Gem theatre was a Hawk Circuit theatre with home office in Salt Lake City,Utah.
2005 photo of the Gem Theatre.
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