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Park Theatre

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1914, J. L. Jackson and L. H. Bond, builders. 130 Moraine Ave. (NR)
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  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)
  • (Photograph by Matthew Aungst)

The Park Theatre's beacon was added in 1922, crowning Estes Park with a clapboard tower 67 feet tall. Traces of light bulbs outline the tower and its red neon heart, making this a tourist grabber in the Coney Island tradition. In recent years, the closed theater has become the centerpiece of the Park Theatre Mall with frontage on Elkhorn Avenue.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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What's Nearby

Estes Valley Public Library
Elkhorn Lodge District
Stanley House
Stanley Hotel
MacGregor Ranch

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Park Theatre", [Estes Park, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-LR29.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 234-234.

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