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Elk River Downtown Commercial Area <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> • <br /> lib <br /> • Address: 657 Main Street <br /> PIN: 75-405-0410 <br /> SHPO Inventory#:SH-ERC-039 <br /> Historic Name: Elk River Theatre;Nu-Elk Theatre(ca.1970s) <br /> Current Name: Cinema Professional Building <br /> Builder/Contractor: <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: <br /> Architect/Source: <br /> Date of Original Construction: 1947 <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <br /> Prepared by: Carole Zellie/Landscape Research <br /> Photo: 7 <br /> Property Number: 7 <br /> Description: <br /> This two-story building has a flat roof and is constructed of concrete block.The facade is <br /> covered in brick,wood paneling, and wood shingles.The original facade was reportedly <br /> stucco-clad and appears to have had a central marquee that is boxed in by the <br /> modernizations.A painted mural covers the north side of the building. <br /> Significance <br /> One of two theatres that stood on this block,this building was one of the last additions <br /> to Main Street before 1950.A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota(University of <br /> Minnesota Press, 1977)noted that the building was"styled in the Streamline Moderne <br /> with white stucco and glass brick corners(p. 160).At present the exterior does not retain <br /> 4111 historic integrity. <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 65 <br />