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Egyptian Theatre
2002 Photo from the Grant Smith collection
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328 Main St
Park City UT 84060
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| Record #21455 |
Opened: 1926
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Capacity: 400 seats
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| Also Known As: Silver Wheel |
Information for this tour was contributed by Grant Smith. From a historical marker presented by the Park City Centennial Commission:
In the early 1900s, Park City's social and entertainment needs were served by a number of flourishing theaters and social halls. When the Dewey Theater, originally on this site, collapsed under a heavy snow load, John Rugar replaced it with the Egyptian Theater built in 1926. It was designed to seat 400 and to accommodate both movies and vaudeville. It became the first "sound movie" theater in Park City.
After being remodeled in 1963, the building opened as the Silver Wheel Theater, and old-fashioned "meller dramas" were performed for the next fifteen years. In 1978, the building's architectural integrity was threatened by an attempt to change its facade to a western motif. Preservation of its distinctive Egyptian features was achieved, however, when the building became the home of Park City Performers in 1981.
The Egyptian Revival Style represents a unique period architecture which peaked in America around 1930. Egyptian theaters are rare, and this is one of only two remaining in Utah. Originally, the interior contained replicas of Egyptian artifacts. This is a masonry structure with a false front shielding its hip roof. Tiles at the base of the ticket booth and pilasters in obelisk shape reinforce the Egyptian motif.
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May 2004 photos from the Scott Neff collection. 
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Photos from the Grant Smith collection.
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