Fox Theatre

Here is a July 2008 close-up view.

National Register of Historic Places registration form

I found the following on a blog about the Fox and the era of the movie palaces. Good reading.
The Fox has become a popular meeting place and is available to rent. The theatre seats just over 1,200 and is handicapped accessible. Hutchinson’s Historic Fox Theatre is part of a national heritage. It isn’t just a theatre, it is a movie palace, part of a social, architectural, and entertainment movement that saw its’ heyday between 1915 and 1945. Movie palaces were intended to showcase and reflect the movie industry itself; they were intended to be larger than life. And the history of the Fox is indeed larger than life!

Boller Brothers built the Fox and upon completion, Hutchinson saw a party the likes of which had never been seen before. Local citizens saw the need for a new theatre and had invested $400,000 to build a state-of-the art movie theatre/vaudeville house. It was the largest movie palace between Kansas City and Denver. The Fox helped the community shake the depression dust off of its feet with a weeklong celebration leading up to the June 8, 1931 grand opening.
The theatre stood empty between 1985 and 1990 when Hutchinson’s Historic Theatre, Inc., a non-profit corporation, purchased it. On January 30, 1999, we gathered again to celebrate the rebirth of the Fox as a regional center for the performing arts following a $4.5 million restoration. This began a new era and new vision for the theatre â€" one that will continue to celebrate a rich heritage and enrich the lives of future generations.

2010 photo of the Fox Theatre courtesy of Pete Zarria.
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This link will take you to photos of the Fox. The first is an exterior from 2005 during a show storm. The others or interior photos.
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