Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 99001412 Phone +1 208-983-1370 | Built 1929–1930 Opened 2 May 1930 Added to NRHP 30 November 1999 | |
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MPS Motion Picture Theater Buildings in Idaho MPS Address 116 W Main St, Grangeville, ID 83530, USA Similar Rocky Mountains, Clinton Street Theater, Hells Canyon National, Salmon River Profiles | ||
The Blue Fox Theatre is a historic cinema located at 116 W. Main St. in Grangeville, Idaho. The Mission Revival theater was built in 1929 and opened on May 2, 1930. The theater took its name from J.H. Dickson's entry into a naming contest; Dickson received $10 and three movie tickets as a reward. In addition to showing films, the theater also hosted live productions during its initial years of operation. The theater's neon-lit marquee was added in 1940. After a fire damaged much of the building's interior in 1942, the theater closed while its interior was completely reconstructed; it reopened in 1945. The theater continues to show films and is still owned by the Wagner family, which has owned the building since the 1930s.
The theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1999.