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Lamar Theater

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1920s. 219 S. Main St.
  • (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
  • (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

Art Deco triumphs behind the Lamar Theater's plumed neon marquee on a prow-like canopy. Blue glazed block used on the street level rises through a white stuccoed upper wall in vertical relief panels culminating in rounded and square peaks above the parapet.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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What's Nearby

Prowers County Courthouse
Post Office
Colorado Welcome Center
Payne Hotel (Davies Hotel)
Lamar Tire Service (Shamrock Station)

Citation

Thomas J. Noel, "Lamar Theater", [Lamar, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-PW05.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 385-385.

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