Location Crawford, Nebraska Architectural style Other Added to NRHP 7 July 1988 | Built 1904 Opened 1904 | |
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Architect Army Corps of Engineers Part of Fort Robinson and Red Cloud Agency (#66000442) MPS Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS Similar Crawford Historical Museum, Fort Robinson, Fort Robinson Lodge, Legend Buttes Golf Course, Hudson‑Meng Bison Kill | ||
Army Theatre, also known as Trailside Museum, is a former theater, now a museum, at the former Fort Robinson in Crawford, Nebraska. It served as the army post's theater and gymnasium. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, and is also part of the Fort Robinson and Red Cloud Agency historic district.
The theater hosted many types of entertainment, including boxing matches, dances, and moving pictures. The theater was exclusively used as a gym by 1917 as automobiles and movie houses became more prevalent, allowing soldiers to seek entertainment elsewhere.
The building was acquired by University of Nebraska in 1955 and opened as the Trailside Museum at Fort Robinson in 1961.
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