Ely State Theater

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Ely State Theater
Ely State Theater.jpg
Ely State Theater viewed from the north
Ely State Theater is located in Minnesota
Ely State Theater
Location234 East Sheridan Street, Ely, Minnesota
Coordinates47°54′11″N 91°51′46.5″W / 47.90306°N 91.862917°W / 47.90306; -91.862917Coordinates: 47°54′11″N 91°51′46.5″W / 47.90306°N 91.862917°W / 47.90306; -91.862917
AreaLess than one acre
Built1936
Built byJ. N. Rautio Builders
ArchitectLiebenberg and Kaplan
NRHP reference No.15000440[1]
Designated July 21, 2015

The Ely State Theater is a historic movie theater in Ely, Minnesota, United States. It was designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan in Streamline Moderne style and built in 1936.[2] The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1] It was nominated for epitomizing the small-town commissions of Liebenberg and Kaplan, the leading movie theater designers in the Upper Midwest during the Golden Age of Hollywood.[2]

The Ely State Theater closed in 2008 due to the Great Recession. The building quickly fell into disrepair. Restoration efforts began in 2014 and reopened December 2019 as a cinema and live event venue with an attached café in the adjacent Salerno Building[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Roise, Charlene (2015-03-09). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ely State Theater" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-11. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Ely's Historic State Theater". Ely's Historic State Theater. 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-11.

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