| Yankton, SD: Dakota Theatre |
Country: United States of America State: South Dakota City: Yankton Location: 328 Walnut Street Opened 1902 as "Yankton Opera House". 1921 converted into a cinema and reopened as "Hess Theatre", shortly later renamed "Dakota Theatre". Rebuilding by D. W. Rogers in Art Deco style. 1946 rebuilding by Henry A. Raapke. Rebuilding in the 1960s. Closed 1987. Re-opened 1990 as a live theatre. Links: www.lewisandclarktheatre.org, CinemaTreasures, Wikidata |
Front Text: sign: "Dakota"Reverse Text: "Dakota Theater, Yankton, South Dakota. A colorful ceramic tile facade was added to the Dakota in 1941 in its glory days as a movie theater. Now it has been bought by community volunteers and is being restored as a performing arts facility." Publisher: from the postcard book "Palaces of Dreams" by John Margolies; Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1993; ISBN 0-8212-2017-9; see also Wikimedia Commons Size: Modern Not sent. |
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