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The Ely State Theater is a historic movie theater in Ely, Minnesota, United States. It was designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan in 
The Ely State Theater closed in 2008 due to the Great Recession. The building quickly fell into disrepair. Restoration efforts began in 2014 and reopened in December 2019 with local live theater in a showing of "The Quiltmaker's Gift." On June 24, 2020, the theater held its first film screening in over a decade, featuring '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off''. Ely's Historic State Theater is now open to the public and is a cinema and live event venue with an attached concessions area and second theater in the adjacent building. There is a one-bedroom apartment above the lobby and is available as a short-term rental on Air B&B.
File:Ely's Historic State Theater.jpg, Interior
File:Concessions_Area.jpg, Concessions Area in adjacent building
Ely State Theater
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota 1936 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Ely, Minnesota Cinemas and movie theaters in Minnesota Moderne architecture in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County, Minnesota Theatres completed in 1936 Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Streamline Moderne
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style and built in 1936. The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. It was nominated for epitomizing the small-town commissions of Liebenberg and Kaplan, the leading movie theater designers in the Upper Midwest during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
The Ely State Theater closed in 2008 due to the Great Recession. The building quickly fell into disrepair. Restoration efforts began in 2014 and reopened in December 2019 with local live theater in a showing of "The Quiltmaker's Gift." On June 24, 2020, the theater held its first film screening in over a decade, featuring '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off''. Ely's Historic State Theater is now open to the public and is a cinema and live event venue with an attached concessions area and second theater in the adjacent building. There is a one-bedroom apartment above the lobby and is available as a short-term rental on Air B&B.
See also
*National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Minnesota
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Ely State Theater
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota 1936 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Ely, Minnesota Cinemas and movie theaters in Minnesota Moderne architecture in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in St. Louis County, Minnesota Theatres completed in 1936 Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota