Shoshone Showhouse
125 S. Rail,
Shoshone,
ID
83352
125 S. Rail,
Shoshone,
ID
83352
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Shoshone, with a current population of about 1,200, was at one time a big railroad town. Thus a hotel was included in this opera house when it was built by W.H. Baugh M.D. in 1911.
Now it is only open Friday, Saturday and Monday and has a small changeable sign above its entrance. The plaque on the front of the building reads: Owned by Dr. & Mrs. Terrill W. Zech.
In case you’re ever in town, rooms are still available for rent above the theater.
Contributed by
Ron Pierce
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The sign on this theater pretty much says it all “Closed Indefinitely Due to Lack of Interest”. I guess the status can be changed to Closed Indefinitely!
As LM noticed on the picture that TC posted the theatre is closed, it closed in 2005.
This theater must have opened again since the above comments were posted. Here is a 2008 article that mentions, “The Shoshone theater shows mostly films rated G and PG, with an occasional PG-13 thrown in if the Zechs think it would be appropriate for families. One example of a PG-13 film they recently rejected was "Blades of Glory,” a Will Ferrell comedy".
If you compare the small photo linked to on Apr 26, 2005 with this 1984 photo of a Rex Theater, it appears to be the same building. The Rex Theater had 400 seats in 1955.
No showtime anywhere online. Is this closed?