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• <br /> Elk River Downtown Commercial Area <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> ,\ <br /> -. „-„ <br /> Address: 651 Main Street <br /> PIN:75-405-0430 <br /> SHPO Inventory#:SH-ERC-041 <br /> • Historic Name: Royal Theatre <br /> Current Name: Dick's Main Tap <br /> Builder/Contractor: <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: <br /> Architect/Source: <br /> Date of Original Construction: ca.1915 <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <br /> Prepared by: Carole Zellie/Landscape Research <br /> Photo: 9 <br /> Property Number:9 <br /> Description <br /> The former Royal Theatre is a two-story,brick-faced structure with a flat roof.The <br /> building facade has been re-clad in brick,wood, and wood shingles and no original <br /> features are visible.A curved parapet,possibly from the original roofline,remains intact. <br /> Significance <br /> This building appears on the 1915 Sanborn Map as a"picture theatre."Also known as <br /> the Elk Theatre,the community's first"all talking picture"was shown here. (Sherburne <br /> County Star News,27 Feb. 1930, 1.)The building was electrified in 1916.At present the <br /> exterior does not retain historic integrity. <br /> • <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 69 <br />