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Harlowton >
State Theater
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created by Aran
on 6/11/2022 6:18 AM
last modified by Aran
on 6/11/2022 5:57 PM
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This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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An abandoned theater from the early 20th century. Nearly completely gutted by two fires, only the wreckage of the stage and balcony remains inside what is otherwise a shell of a building.
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Type: Building
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: not very exciting
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The stage and balcony are fairly interesting, though the balcony in particular isn't stable enough to climb on.
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This theater originally opened under the name American Theater, where it showed vaudeville acts and silent films. In 1930 it screened its first "talkie" movie, a film called Lord Byron of Broadway. In 1934 the theater's name was changed to State Theater. By 1984 the theater was long closed and had caught the eye of the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, which wanted to restore it. Before that could happen a fire damaged the theater in 1997. It sat abandoned until restoration efforts resumed in 2011, but they quickly came to a halt in 2012 when another, massive fire completely gutted the building.
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It will likely continue to crumble, as Harlowton's declining populace makes any large scale restoration efforts difficult.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Steed on 6/12/2022 4:22 PM.
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on Jun 12 22 at 16:22, Steed validated this location on Jun 11 22 at 17:57, Aran changed the following: Year Closed on Jun 11 22 at 17:57, Aran changed the following: Year Closed on Jun 11 22 at 6:38, Aran made this location available on Jun 11 22 at 6:38, Aran changed the following: Publically Viewable on Jun 11 22 at 6:37, Aran updated gallery The Long Road Home II on Jun 11 22 at 6:37, Aran updated gallery picture IMG_7127.jpg on Jun 11 22 at 6:37, Aran updated gallery picture IMG_7118.jpg on Jun 11 22 at 6:36, Aran updated gallery picture IMG_7112.jpg on Jun 11 22 at 6:36, Aran updated gallery picture IMG_7107.jpg
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