Border Theatre
437 Third Street,
International Falls,
MN
56649
437 Third Street,
International Falls,
MN
56649
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The Border Theatre opened in 1939. After being twinned in the 1970’s, it was closed in 1982. It was demolished in 2009.
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Bryan Krefft
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The Border Theatre is lcoated at 323 Third Street and it seated 800 people.
Address should be changed to 437 3rd St. In the 2nd photo link above it shows Falls Credit Bureau at 427 (which is still there), next is Island Realty at 435, and the old theater is clearly marked next to the door at 437 3rd St. Marquee and vertical sign has been removed.
This weblog post indicates that the Border Theatre was demolished in April, 2009.
The Border Theatre’s facade was almost identical to that of the Ridge Theatre in Breckenridge, Minnesota, and to the Park Theatre in Park Rapids, Minnesota, seen in this photo. If we can find the architect of one, I’m sure we’ve found the architect of all three. All of these houses were built for the Baehr Theatres circuit during the late 1930s-early 1940s.
An April 28, 2009, article in The Journal, the local newspaper, indicates that the auditorium the the Border Theatre was demolished some time before the three-story building in front, but doesn’t give the year. Google’s current out-of-date Street View shows the front building still standing, while the view from the side street (5th Avenue) shows a parking lot where the auditorium would have been, so I guess that’s what happened.