Avalon Theater (Larimore, North Dakota)
The Avalon Theater is historically significant as a rare example of Art Deco theaters built during the Great Depression. It is part of a vanishing genre of small town movie houses, and is the only remaining Art Deco building in Larimore.
The Avalon Theater played Broadway Serenade on its opening night, April 28, 1939.
History
The site of the Avalon Theatre was originally occupied by the Arnold Block, a two-story 75 by 100 ft. brick building with cut stone trimmings. Horace F. Arnold commissioned architect Joseph Bell DeRemer to design the building and it was completed in 1905. The Arnold block was destroyed by fire in 1938. The Avalon Theatre and an adjoining store were built in the shell of the building's remains which was given several architectural updates but retained some of the 1905 building's elements.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Dennis McCoy (November 3, 1990). "NRHP Registration: Avalon Theater". National Park Service. and Accompanying nine photos, exterior and interior, from 1990
- ^ "Brick Business Block. Handsome Structure to Be Built at Larimore by H. F. Arnold" Grand Forks Herald 28 May 1905.