Park Theatre
32 E. Park Street,
Butte,
MT
59701
32 E. Park Street,
Butte,
MT
59701
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The People’s Theatre was opened February 25, 1917. It was renamed Park Theatre on 15th November 1932. It was destroyed by fire on September 24, 1949.
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The Park was destroyed by fire on September 24, 1949.
The poor widow with three kids was awarded $3500 – the theater argued this was excessive. Who do you think the court found more sympathetic?
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Here is an expanded version of the LOC photo:
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Here is a fresh link to the 1939 LOC photo of the Park Theatre (click thumbnail to embiggen.)
1949 photo added of the Montana Theater with an old Park Theatre advertisement on the wall. “East Side West Side” on the Montana marquee, was released 12/22/49. The Park Theatre had already burned down 3 months earlier almost to the day. 1949 photo courtesy of Dave Byrne.
This opened as Peoples' theatre on February 25th, 1917 and reopened as the Park on November 15th, 1932. Both grand opening ads in the photo section.
Henderson Ryan was the architect of the People’s Theatre. The house featured his patented incline ramps for balcony and mezzanine access.