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| Address | 926 4th Ave. Windom, MN United State of America |
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| Opened | 1914 |
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| windomstatetheater | |
Windom State Theater 3 or 4 oldest theater that stayed a theater since it was built in Minnesota built in 1914. It is located at 926 4th Ave. Windom, MN, United States. [1], [2]
History
[edit]The Windom State Theater was first built in 1914. At this time it was known as the Wonderland Theatre. It was constructed by John and Henry Stroud in 1913. In July 1, 1916 the theater was packed for the third annual rural school commencement. Before it was used for movies it showed Vaudeville performances. In 1937, it became a State Theater. [3] [1].[4]
Saving the Theater
[edit]In 2011 the theater shut down. The town’s people were behind the theater and wanted to save it. They were brought together to help the theater stay open. It reopened its doors in August 2012. However, they did not know for how long because the theater was using old equipment. The theater realized that they would have to update their equipment to digital in order to get the new movies. The digital one would cost them 62,000 dollars. They earned this money by fundraises. Some fundraises that they did included soup and desert luncheons. They also got at loan from the county commissioner to help them. [2] They did get the digital projector until May 2013. The first showing with the digital projector was with “The Croods” for Windom School Students. [5]
Show Times
[edit]Fridays and Saturdays - 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sundays - 4 p.m. and 7 p.m [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Helmoski, Ryan. http://windomstatetheater.com/php/history.php.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b Buschena, Alyson (11 March 2013). "Windom group hopes to update theater technology". Worthington Daily Globe. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Brown, John A. "XIII Educational Interests". History of Cottonwood and Watonwan counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions (1916). Vol. 1. Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co. p. 260.
- ^ "Wonderland Theater upon completion, Windom, Minnesota". Minnesota Digital Library.
- ^ a b Larson, Rahn (5/29/2013). "The Theater's Digital Leap". Windom Citizen. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
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