Fox Theatre
18 E. First Street,
Hutchinson,
KS
67501
18 E. First Street,
Hutchinson,
KS
67501
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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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Another photo of the Fox Theatre courtesy Keith Wondra.
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2010 photo of the Fox Theatre courtesy of Pete Zarria.
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Here are two 1983 photos and one from 1988:
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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.
This is another photo of the Fox.
National Register of Historic Places registration form
The architect for the restoration of the Fox Theatre was Killis Almond, of Killis Almond & Associates, a San Antonio, Texas, based firm specializing in the restoration of historic buildings. Click on their “Projects” link to find a link to a page about this theater, as well as links to pages about some of their other theater projects.
Here is a July 2008 close-up view.
A 1987 view of the Fox Theater in Hutchinson here, here and here.
This is another recent photo of the Fox Theater.
Added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1989
Fox Theater (added 1989 – Building – #89001391)
18 E. First, Hutchinson
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Boller Brothers, Et al.
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Auditorium
Here is another photo of the Fox theater.
Some Fox Theatre photos at these links.
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There are a lot of pictures of the art deco details & some vintage pictures of this theatre on the homepage… it is a little easier than said above, just click on the broken link “X” and they will open in the same window.
oy vey is too much work to see pictures thank you anyway
Homepage – not designed too well. You need to right click on each of the photos and open each in a new window to view them:
http://www.hutchinsonfox.com/
Theatre opened on 8 June 1931 and following a restoration reopened in 1999.
The Fox Theatre was built in 1931 and the architect was Robert O. Boller of the Boller Brothers firm in KC., Mo.
Tour of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas Theatres in 2004
From June 26 through July 1, 2004 the Theatre Historical Society of America will tour a number of theatres in Kansas City Missouri and surrounding areas, including theatres in Lamar, Joplin, Richmond, St. Joseph and Springfield, MO, as well as Miami, OK, and these cities in Kansas: Leavenworth, Kansas City, Emporia, El Dorado, Augusta, Wichita, Hutchinson, McPherson, Salina, Concordia, and Topeka. More information is contained on their web site: http://www.HistoricTheatres.org and special photos and information concerning the Kansas City theatres: UPTOWN and the MIDLAND is available on this temporary page of their site at: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~angell/thsa/fromarch.html A glossy brochure about this “Heart of America” Conclave is available from the Society’s headquarters listed on their homepage, via E-mail to the Ex. Director, or via snail mail. Membership in the Society is not required to attend the Conclave and tour the theatres, but fees do apply as detailed on their site. Bring your camera and lots of film, for it is usually difficult or impossible to enter these theatres for photos, and some of them will surely not be with us in the years to come.
The address for the Fox Theatre is 18 East First Street, Hutchison, Ks.
The Fox Theatre seated 1343 people.
Can you tell me when Galagher(maybe misspelled) Coming to the theater? My husband heard it on the radio, and we would like to come. We grew up in Hutchinson and love Galagher.
G. Stuart