Fort Peck Theatre
National Register of Historic Places

Fort Peck Theatre

Fort Peck, Valley County, Montana
Listed
June 26, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
83001077

About this property

The Fort Peck Theatre was built as a temporary structure in 1934 in Fort Peck, Montana, to serve as a movie theatre. It is also known as the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The theater was designed in a pseudo-Swiss-chalet style as an amenity for the 50,000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers and their families at the Fort Peck Dam project. The interior features open-truss wood construction, with handcrafted light fixtures fabricated in Corps of Engineers workshops. The theater survived to become a permanent facility, and as of 2026 houses an annual professional summerstock theatre company. The building includes a stage, a 1209-seat auditorium, a lounge, a foyer, a lobby, a manager's office, and four dressing rooms. It was designed and/or built by Eugene Frank Gilstrap and the C.F. Haglin Co. Its NRHP nomination compares it to the architecturally significant Timberline Lodge in Oregon.

Location

Fort Peck, Valley County, Montana
48.00754, -106.45059

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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When was Fort Peck Theatre listed on the National Register?

Fort Peck Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Fort Peck Theatre?

Fort Peck Theatre is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Fort Peck Theatre?

The period of significance for Fort Peck Theatre is recorded as the civil_war era.

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