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Show NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) Utah WordPerfect Format OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 2 Elberta Theatre, Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah canopy which preceded the marquee. 6 The vertical 1934 "Capitol" sign was a noticeable change and so was the replacement of second-story windows. About 1941, when the interior space above the lobby was converted to a second floor apartment, the windows were altered. A grouping of five narrow windows were replaced by four sets of similar ones. These new windows were spread out further and cut into the decorative horizontal stuccoed areas. A major remodeling in August of 1984 completely changed the inside of the building. The original large open theater room was partitioned into two smaller showplaces one behind the other. A long hallway on the north side was created to provide access to theater #2, and the projection booth for this east end room was located in back of the screen of theater #1. Ceilings were suspended, walls were draped, new carpeting and new seats were installed. These new interiors look like any modern theater so this part of the building has lost historic integrity. Earlier renovations of the interior included changing the movie screen and seating from the west side to the east (1933), and installing new seats and expanding the lobby and restrooms (1941). Newer materials on the back of the building indicate recent repairs. The east facade (back) was repaired with cinder block c. 1950. A 3/4 story lean-to with a shed roof is attached onto the back of the building and runs the full width. The walls of this lean-to are made of rough-cut stone and cinder block. The rough-cut stone indicates part of a pre-1900 structure. The Capitol Theatre's merits as a historic building will have to be judged solely by its exterior facade. Other noteworthy features are the box office and the maroon-tiled entryway, both installed in 1941, and the 1938 marquee with a clock. 6 Photograph by Mathew Compton of Brigham City's Main Street looking north c. 1930. Negative available at U.S.U. Special Collections, Merrill Library, Logan, Utah. Interview with Marilyn Walker, current owner of the Capitol Theatre. 8 "Familiar Downtown Theatre Gaining 'Split Personality"1 , Box Elder Journal. August 22, 1984, p. 1, col. 1-4. 9 "Elberta Will Reopen Friday", The Box Elder News. August 1, 1933, p. 1, col. 2. 10 "Capitol Completely Renovated", The Box Elder News-Journal. April 19, 1941, p. 4. No information has been found to verify alteration dates at the back of the Capitol Theatre. These dates have been estimated from the materials used. |
