Lawana Theatre

360 S. Maine Street,
Fallon, NV 89406

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Architects: Paul K. Evans

Functions: Church

Styles: Streamline Moderne

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Original building built 1901

The 360-seat Lawana Theatre opened on October 30, 1941, located on Maine Street near Stillwater Avenue. It was named for a combination of the first names of its original owners, Walter and Ana Hull, who also owned the Fallon Theatre. All seating was located on a signle floor.

It is listed in the 1945 Film Daily Yearbook as closed, but reopened later, and operated until around 1954. After closing as a movie house, the Lawana Theatre was converted to retail use. For many years, it was home to a bar.

The former Lawana Theatre was acquired in late-2005 by a church. The church also purchased the former Armando’s restaurant next door to the theater building which they converted into a coffee house.

Contributed by Bryan Krefft

Recent comments (view all 5 comments)

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 30, 2007 at 3:09 pm

It looks like it’s a bar called Flippers, currently. Perhaps the church is gone.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 30, 2007 at 3:44 pm

According to this article, Threshingfloor Ministries is the current occupant, so church would be correct:
http://tinyurl.com/3acgyv

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 30, 2007 at 3:46 pm

There is a photo of the building on the church website:
http://threshingfloor.net/

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 30, 2007 at 4:53 pm

Yes sir.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 30, 2007 at 5:02 pm

But we ended up with a nice picture of the theater, didn’t we? So all is not lost.

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