Former Redwood Falls Twin Theatre
Redwood Falls, MN
Built in Built in 1931 by D.W. Buckley. The Redwood Theatre provided a seating capacity of nearly 800. The theater was decorated using orchid and green damask wall draperies under a rolling plaster ceiling. The theater also had overstuffed furniture and decorative lighting in addition to having air-conditioning and heat for the patrons. The marquee had more than 1,000 lights which flickered on and off in a traveling pattern.
Buckley also built and owned a second theater, The Falls, a couple of blocks away in 1937 and also erected the 71 Drive-In Theater on the east edge of town. After the Redwood Theatre closed in the late ‘60s, residents still had two movie venues.
The theatre sat empty for nearly 10 years before it was sold and became a racquetball club and health fitness venue for nearly 20 more years before it became vacant again. In 2015 there was an effort to restore it which seems to have not come to fruition as the building looks largely the same as in this photo and has a for sale sign on each side of the the marquee.
Former Redwood Falls Twin Theatre
Redwood Falls, MN
Built in Built in 1931 by D.W. Buckley. The Redwood Theatre provided a seating capacity of nearly 800. The theater was decorated using orchid and green damask wall draperies under a rolling plaster ceiling. The theater also had overstuffed furniture and decorative lighting in addition to having air-conditioning and heat for the patrons. The marquee had more than 1,000 lights which flickered on and off in a traveling pattern.
Buckley also built and owned a second theater, The Falls, a couple of blocks away in 1937 and also erected the 71 Drive-In Theater on the east edge of town. After the Redwood Theatre closed in the late ‘60s, residents still had two movie venues.
The theatre sat empty for nearly 10 years before it was sold and became a racquetball club and health fitness venue for nearly 20 more years before it became vacant again. In 2015 there was an effort to restore it which seems to have not come to fruition as the building looks largely the same as in this photo and has a for sale sign on each side of the the marquee.