Lacey Street Theatre Explained

Lacey Street Theatre
Location:500 Second Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska
Coordinates:64.8439°N -147.7178°W
Architect:B. Marcus Priteca
Builder:C.W. Hufeisen
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:June 14, 1990
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:90000878
Designated Other1:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Name:Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. A8EDEF
Designated Other1 Abbr:AHRS
Designated Other1 Number:FAI-207
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom

The Lacey Street Theatre building, now hosting the Fairbanks Ice Museum, is an Art Deco architectural showpiece theatre located at 500 Second Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was designed by noted theatre designer B. Marcus Priteca, and built in 1939 by C.W. Hufeisen for Austin E. "Cap" Lathrop, one of a chain of movie theaters built by Lathrop across Alaska, and one of only two in Fairbanks into the 1960s.[1] It opened on January 25, 1940. It closed in December 1980, and was repurposed to house the museum in 1992.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

The actual museum, devoted to the display of ice sculpture, offers a daily multimedia presentations, demonstrations of ice carving, and tours of its sculpture collection.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=90000878}} NRHP nomination for Lacey Street Theatre]. National Park Service. 2015-03-04.
  2. News: Lacey Street Theater, grand building on a budget. October 17, 2010. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 2015-03-04.