Fergus Falls Center for the Arts
124 W. Lincoln Avenue,
Fergus Falls,
MN
56537
124 W. Lincoln Avenue,
Fergus Falls,
MN
56537
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Architects: W.P. Allred
Functions: Movies, Performing Arts
Previous Names: Orpheum Theatre, Fergus Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
218.736.5453
Manager:
218.736.5453
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Opened on December 29, 1921 as the Orpheum Theatre, this 445-seat theatre was, for its first couple of decades of existence, a vaudeville house. In March 1950 it was converted into a movie theatre and renamed the Fergus Theatre. and remained in business for another twenty years.
By the early-1970’s, it closed and remained so until 1982, when it was remodeled for use as a performing arts center. It was in operation only during the warm weather months for its first decade, but in 1993, a $1 million renovation upgraded the Fergus Theatre’s facilities for use year-round.
Known today as A Center for the Arts, the theatre hosts not only concerts, dance and drama performances, but screens films as well and holds summer art classes for children.
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Bryan Krefft
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It is likely that the Orpheum was the theater project noted in the “Bids Desired” section of Engineering News-Record on March 25, 1920:
W. P. Allred also designed the Doric Theatre in Duluth.Website: http://www.fergusarts.org/
The recent reopening of the former Orpheum Theatre at Fergus Falls as the Fergus Theatre was noted in the April 8, 1950 issue of Boxoffice.